Day of the Bomb: Countdown to Hiroshima

This is the most outstanding study of human folly. It describes in depth the events that took place and the processes and results of decision making that eventually lead to the most devastating split second single event that was ever caused by mankind to mankind, the dropping of an atomic bomb on a vibrant city. It is saddening to observe how professional advisers are so powerless to avert the eventual outcome, i.e. the bomb dropping, in the face of decisions made by leaders bent on achieving a goal that is absolutely ludicrous for there own selfish and egoistic reasons. It is sad to see how a leader is so ensnared in a system created by his own subjects that he can not make the slightest change to avoid the obvious looming catastrophe. Could it happen again?