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On April 12, 1945, Harry S. Truman took the oath of office having known almost nothing of the Manhattan Project — the most consequential weapons program in human history. Within days of becoming the 33rd President of the United States, Secretary of War Henry Stimson placed before him a report that began: "Within four months, we shall in all probability have completed the most terrible weapon ever known in human history". Truman had inherited not merely a presidency, but an unfinished war, a fractured alliance, and a decision no leader had ever faced before. This book traces the weeks and months between April and August 1945 — a span of time in which one man, unschooled in nuclear politics and pressed by the machinery of war, was forced to chart a course through moral ambiguity and geopolitical consequence. In May, Truman formed the Interim Committee to advise on atomic use; by June, its recommendation was stark: no technical demonstration, no prior warning, direct military deployment. He agreed, yet the weight of that agreement never fully left him. Ashes of Command examines the architecture of that decision — not as triumph or tragedy alone, but as a study in the loneliness of power. From the opening of the United Nations Conference on April 25, to V-E Day on May 8, to the Potsdam Declaration of July 26 and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this is the story of a leader thrust into history before he had time to understand it.
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -On April 12, 1945, Harry S. Truman took the oath of office having known almost nothing of the Manhattan Project - the most consequential weapons program in human history. Within days of becoming the 33rd President of the United States, Secretary of War Henry Stimson placed before him a report that began: 'Within four months, we shall in all probability have completed the most terrible weapon ever known in human history'. Truman had inherited not merely a presidency, but an unfinished war, a fractured alliance, and a decision no leader had ever faced before.This book traces the weeks and months between April and August 1945 - a span of time in which one man, unschooled in nuclear politics and pressed by the machinery of war, was forced to chart a course through moral ambiguity and geopolitical consequence. In May, Truman formed the Interim Committee to advise on atomic use; by June, its recommendation was stark: no technical demonstration, no prior warning, direct military deployment. He agreed, yet the weight of that agreement never fully left him.Ashes of Command examines the architecture of that decision - not as triumph or tragedy alone, but as a study in the loneliness of power. From the opening of the United Nations Conference on April 25, to V-E Day on May 8, to the Potsdam Declaration of July 26 and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this is the story of a leader thrust into history before he had time to understand it. 196 pp. Englisch. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783565406975
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - On April 12, 1945, Harry S. Truman took the oath of office having known almost nothing of the Manhattan Project - the most consequential weapons program in human history. Within days of becoming the 33rd President of the United States, Secretary of War Henry Stimson placed before him a report that began: 'Within four months, we shall in all probability have completed the most terrible weapon ever known in human history'. Truman had inherited not merely a presidency, but an unfinished war, a fractured alliance, and a decision no leader had ever faced before.This book traces the weeks and months between April and August 1945 - a span of time in which one man, unschooled in nuclear politics and pressed by the machinery of war, was forced to chart a course through moral ambiguity and geopolitical consequence. In May, Truman formed the Interim Committee to advise on atomic use; by June, its recommendation was stark: no technical demonstration, no prior warning, direct military deployment. He agreed, yet the weight of that agreement never fully left him.Ashes of Command examines the architecture of that decision - not as triumph or tragedy alone, but as a study in the loneliness of power. From the opening of the United Nations Conference on April 25, to V-E Day on May 8, to the Potsdam Declaration of July 26 and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this is the story of a leader thrust into history before he had time to understand it. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783565406975
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