The Bill Press Pod

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Yesterday Truman and The Bomb. Plus: Who Controls Nuclear Weapons. The Truth about Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions. — with Author Alex Wellerstein
Friday "Absolutely stunning." The Reporters' Roundtable. June 5, 2026
Tue Jun 2nd The unfolding catastrophe of Trump’s war on Iran with David Rothkopf.

The Bill Press Pod

Jun 9, 2026
33 minutes
30 MB

Guest host Joe Cirincione interviews nuclear historian Alex Wellerstein about his book The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age, revisiting the run-up to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the postwar fight between nuclear hawks and doves over who should control nuclear weapons. Wellerstein argues there was no single “decision” to use the bomb—plans were already underway under military control, Truman was largely excluded and poorly briefed, and he may not have known a second bomb was coming. After Nagasaki, Truman asserted presidential control to halt further use, motivated by horror at civili...

The Bill Press Pod

Truman and The Bomb. Plus: Who Controls Nuclear Weapons. The Truth about Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions. — with Author Alex Wellerstein

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