ed to use it against Japan. Truman repeatedly claimed that he made the atomic bomb decision because his military advisors told him that it was totally necessary to do so. Yet several men in the military at the time have stated that they believed that dropping the bomb was not necessary. Advisers from Strauss to Chief of Staff William D. Leahy opposed its use. Even former president Herbert Hoover, upon hearing of the bombings, said "the use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscrimi
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