Opinion

Harry Truman Didn’t Want to Read About What He’d Done to Hiroshima

‘JUST MAKES ME MAD’

The story in The New Yorker exposed many Americans to what the atomic bomb had done — but the commander in chief didn’t appear interested.

Greg Mitchell
Greg Mitchell
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Greg Mitchell

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