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Newman's final conclusion is that Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan can be justified easily by an examination of the complete historical record. Each assessment is clearly presented, meticulously documented, and thoroughly critiqued. The first five chapters lay out the most influential assessments of Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan and the impact of that strategy on the Japanese government's decision to surrender. Newman's book is composed of two discrete parts. The Enola Gay may be the object that concretizes the conflicting emotions many have about the development of American military power after World War II: Veterans groups wanted to celebrate the role of American military superiority in ending the war in the Pacific, while many were concerned that the exhibit not seem too callous toward the tremendous devastation inflicted on Hiroshima by the atomic bomb. The Smithsonian's planning committee, led by Martin Harwit, was quickly enveloped in a firestorm of political and historical controversy that finally ended in cancellation of the exhibit. This exhibit was commissioned by the Smithsonian to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the famous plane's flight which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Robert Newman's latest work analyzes the controversy surrounding the National Air and Space Museum's (NASM) planned exhibit of the Enola Gay in 1995.
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