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"...Ronald Takaki depicts a Harry Truman who was ill-prepared to deal with the bomb when he became president in 1945....Takaki fails to make a good case that Truman's alleged racism had much influence on his order to drop the bomb. When he touches on psychological factors that shaped Truman's decision, he is far more convincing."Takaki, Ronald T. is the author of 'Hiroshima Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb', published 1995 under ISBN 9780316831222 and ISBN 0316831220.
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