Ward Hayes Wilson (born April 26, 1956) is an American researcher who is the executive director of RealistRevolt, a grassroots advocacy organization in the Chicago area.
[5] Wilson is best known for his argument that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not force Japan's surrender at the end of World War II.
His arguments have appeared in anti-nuclear journals he Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists[8] and Nonproliferation Review,[9] in military journals Joint Force Quarterly [10] and Parameters,[11] in foreign policy journals Foreign Policy [12] and International Security,[13] and in the New York Times,[14] the Los Angeles Times,[15] and The Nation.
[16] Wilson received a grant in 2010 to write, travel, and speak on nuclear weapons issues.
[19] He launched his second book It Is Possible: A Future Without Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in 2023.