![]() ![]() ![]() They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb General Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito’s Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war, Henry Stimson, “at once.” Stimson wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America’s decision to drop the atomic bomb-and Japan’s decision to surrender. on the morning of May 30, and General Leslie R. ![]() The book is a riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan-a crucial turning point in World War II and geopolitical history. Darien Library, along with Barrett Bookstore, proudly welcomes esteemed author, Evan Thomas, in discussion of his newly released book, Road To Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II. ![]()
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