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This collection focuses on The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb. It includes documents totaling almost 600 pages,
covering the years 1945-1964. Supporting materials include an online version of "Truman and the Bomb: A Documentary History,"
edited by Robert H. Ferrell.
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| The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb: Truman and the Bomb, a Documentary
History
Below are descriptions of chapters in the Truman and the
Bomb, a Documentary History. The documentary history was produced and
edited by Truman scholar Robert H. Ferrell and is used with his
permission.
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Chapter 1
Introduction:
Truman and the Bomb, a Documentary History
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Chapter 2
From the
President's
Diary, July 16
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Chapter 3
Major General Leslie R. Groves To Secretary Stimson, July 18
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Chapter 4
Cloud Drawings by Luis W. Alvarez
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Chapter 5
From the President's Diary, July 17, 18, and 25
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Chapter 6
General Thomas T. Handy to General Carl Spaatz, July 25
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Chapter 7
Chapter 7: The Potsdam Declaration, July 26
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Chapter 8
Chapter 8: The President To His Wife, July 31
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Chapter 9
Chapter 9: White House Press Release, C. August 6
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Chapter 10
Chapter 10: War Department Press Release C. August 6, 1945
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Chapter 11
Chapter 11: Leaflets Dropped On Japanese Cities
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Chapter 12
Chapter 12: Senator Richard B. Russell to the President,
August 7, and the President's Response, August 9
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Chapter 13
Chapter 13: Samuel McCrea Cavert to the President, August 9, and the
President's Response, August 11
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Chapter 14
Chapter 14: Albert Einstein to President Roosevelt, March 25, 1945, and
subsequent correspondence
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Chapter 15
Chapter 15: Secretary Stimson to the President, September 11, and
enclosures
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Chapter 16
Chapter 16: U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 'The Effects of the Atomic
Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,' June 9, 1946
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Chapter 17
Chapter 17: Karl T. Compton article and the President to Compton, December
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Chapter 18
Chapter 18: Selected White House Memoranda, 1952- 1953
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Chapter 19
Chapter 19: Interview with former President Truman, c. 1955
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Chapter 20
Chapter 20: Tsukasa Njtoguri to former President Truman, March 1, 1958,
and the President's Response, March 12
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Chapter 21
Chapter 21: Handwritten notes by former President Truman, 1958
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Recommended Readings
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