Days prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, US Secretary of War Henry Stimson recorded in his diary that President Roosevelt speculated on how to maneuver Japan into firing the first shot without risking much danger to the US.
After destroying Hiroshima, Truman was reportedly 'jubilant,' boasting about the success of the atomic bombs as 'the greatest scientific gamble in history.'
During the Cold War, the Gang of Four, including McGeorge Bundy and Robert McNamara, advocated for a change in US nuclear policy, urging to scrap plans for deploying nuclear weapons in case of a Soviet invasion.
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