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Alonzo Hamby

President Harry Truman's WWI experiences are considered, and the dilemmas that influenced his decision to drop atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan 50 years ago this month are examined.

'Am I just a crook to compromise in order to get the job done? You judge it, I can't'. Alonzo Hamby traces the web of influences from his boyhood in a Mid-West town that shaped the character of America's 33rd president.


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