1. President Truman and the Atomic Bomb
... ." The lack of regard for saving lives seemed to be a red flag. Stimson had even referenced the bomb as being "the master card" of diplomacy toward Russia. Gary Alperovitz's final argument lies in the lack of the support for the bomb after the war. He quotes multiple high ranking officers discussing their sentiments about the bombings of Hiroshima ... . Herbert Feis believed that the combination of the Soviet entry and the promise to spare the Emperor might have made the Japanese more likely to surrender at an earlier date. Gary Alperovitz's argument for the reasoning behind Truman's drop...
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