Truman and the BombMany myths have grown up around President Harry S. Trumans decision to use nuclear weapons against Imperial Japan. In destroying these myths, Truman and the Bomb will discomfort both Trumans critics and his supporters, and force historians to reexamine what they think they know about the end of the Pacific War. Myth: Truman didnt know of the atomic bombs development before he became president. Fact: Trumans knowledge of the bomb is revealed in his own