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Truman's Decision to Build the Hydrogen Bomb
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After the Soviet Union demonstrated its atomic power, President Harry Truman had to make the decision whether or not to build the hydrogen bomb, which would have the power to destroy the world, with the help of advisors like J. Robert Oppenheimer. Truman, a normal human being put in an unimaginable situation, had to make difficult decisions about whether or not creating such a weapon was the right choice for humanity.

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