The Most Awful Responsibility

The Most Awful Responsibility

TRUMAN AND THE SECRET STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF THE ATOMIC AGE

HarperCollins, forthcoming fall 2025

A totally new history of Harry Truman and the atomic bomb, which argues that a fundamental misunderstanding by Truman just prior to the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima played a crucial role in shaping the early nuclear age.

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