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The Lawrence Badash Memorial Lecture Series: Truman’s Bomb and the Making of the Atomic Presidency
The Lawrence Badash Memorial Lecture Series: Truman’s Bomb and the Making of the Atomic Presidency
When we think of the importance of the atomic bomb to the Truman presidency, we think of Truman’s weighty decision regarding the use of the weapon on Japan. But historians have known for decades that the narrative of “the decision to use the bomb” is largely mythical, and his actual role was mostly peripheral. But despite this, Truman did make several decisions during the war that would have vast consequences for the future of nuclear ...