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Harry S. Truman, The Bomb<br />

and the Transformation of<br />

U.S. Foreign Policy 2008<br />

Wilson D. Miscamble<br />

University of Notre Dame<br />

Wilson D. Miscamble of Notre Dame gave the fifth John O’<strong>Sullivan</strong> Memorial Lecture. He offered a new look<br />

at the end of World War II and the emergence of the Cold War. His compelling new interpretation of Harry<br />

Truman’s foreign policy, including the use of the atomic bombs in 1945, won him much acclaim.<br />

A prize-winning author and a leading authority on American diplomatic history, Miscamble is known for his<br />

fairness, wisdom and wit. His most recent book is “From Roosevelt to Truman: Potsdam, Hiroshima, and the<br />

Cold War.”<br />

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