Why Were Hiroshima and Nagasaki Destroyed in the Only Nuclear Attack in World History?
The evidence thus far disproves the old propaganda story about saving lives and ending the war. Serious historians no longer even debate whether the nuclear attacks against Japan were used to end the war, prevent the necessity of a U.S. invasion, or to save lives, either Japanese or U.S. That debate ended with new material from newly-found Truman diary entrees and letters, starting in the early 1980s, and with new material found from U.S. and Japanese archives which have since been declassified. These materials are offered in great detail in the books listed below. After reading them and other sources as well, I’ve concluded that it is likely that Truman and Robert Byrnes made the decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan to use the threat of nuclear force to gain post-war control in key areas of the world to extend U.S. power (see all four books for voluminous evidence); for Truman to appear strong instead of being seen as a wimp or sissy, accusations he grew up with (see Takaki),
