Samuel Walker has produced a very succinct volume, perhaps too succinct, on the decision of the United States to use atomic bombs against Japan during World War II. Reviewed by Roger Chapman (American Culture Studies Program, Bowling Green State University)ĭemythologizing Truman's Decision to Drop Atomic Bombs Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan.Ĭhapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1997.