The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb

Of the many books that are on the subject of the atomic bomb, this one to date is the most insightful i have read. This book will make you think about the american situation at the end of WWII. Not only what is at stake, but the options to Truman at the time are covered. It might surprise you that the last thing that was on the american leaders' mind was an invasion on Japan minor scheduled for spring 1946. Fact is that they were close to surrender already and knew the end was near. The book will take you through hundreds of documents backing up what i just wrote. The actual dropping of the bomb is just history....why did we choose to drop it is the real question. These are the hardest questions to answer but need to be approached if we are to ever apply it in a world I feel is more unstable now than ever. The decision in 1946 affects us even today. Read this book.