On April 12, 1945, Roosevelt dies. Harry Truman, who succeeds him, does not even know about the Manhattan Project for the creation of the first atomic bomb. With the pace of a spy thriller, the most comprehensive depiction of one of the most important moments in human history unfolds.

The esteemed journalist Chris Wallace does not settle for describing the bombings and the devastation they caused, but focuses on the conflicts and doubts of the political and military leadership, as well as the concerns of the scientists. At the same time, he sheds light on the events from the perspective of those who played key roles in the decision-making and execution, while presenting the lives of American and Japanese citizens during wartime with immediacy and sensitivity: from the "Calutron girls" in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to ten-year-old Hideko Tamura, who survives Hiroshima but loses her mother, later emigrating to the USA, and American soldiers fighting in the Pacific, waiting in fear for the order to invade Japan.

Reads like a thriller. THE Washington Post

Revealing narrative... Hiroshima 1945 is filled with shocking details. THE New York Times Book Review

THE DECISION THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

Should the Allies have invaded Japan? Should the US have dropped the atomic bomb? Were there other options to end World War II? Why was it the hardest decision ever made by a US President? What do Truman's diaries reveal about the sleepless nights and severe headaches that plagued him?

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The biggest non-fiction success of the year. THE Wall Street Journal

Written like a spy novel, a book that everyone must read. Daniel Silva, author.