As the world remembers the August 6, 1945, and August 9, 1945, anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki it is important to avoid the seductive lure of applying self-serving hindsight to a war time decision made almost eight decades ago. It is all too easy to cherry pick the facts and distort them to build a narrative that calls into question President Harry Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb. For some advocates of nuclear disarmament, the anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki provide such an opportunity. Let us correct the record.
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