Episode Notes:

Ankit talks with Alex Wellerstein, whose new book examines President Harry Truman's role in approving the use of nuclear bombs and how that experience shaped his post-war approach to how the United States should manage such a revolutionary weapon. Alex and Ankit discuss whether Truman played a major role in the decision, how much he understood about it, and the subsequent policy decisions made about military versus civilian control of nuclear technology and weapons at the beginning of the Cold War.

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