books.google.com - When President Harry Truman authorized the use of atomic weapons against Japan, he did so to end a bloody war that would have been bloodier still had the planned invasion of Japan proved necessary. Revisionists claim that Truman’s real interest was a power play with the Soviet Union and that the Japanese...http://books.google.com/books/about/Hiroshima_in_History.html?id=A2Zv3VD6ptQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareHiroshima in History