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Takaki reports much of World War II with great ease in his novel Hiroshima, but he fails to truly encompass that which is Harry S. Truman. He focuses on Truman’s overcompensation of masculinity because of the femininity of his youth, as a source for his choice to drop the bomb on Hiroshima, but this so called cover up of an effeminate nature is not as present as Takaki portrays. Truman was a man whose life revolved around his family, and especially his mother whom he affectionately refers to as “Mamma” through his autobiography. His father was also someone who he loved and felt obligated to help, even when it might hinder his own activities. Harry Truman knew that people misinterpreted his life. He knew that his entire meaning and life was misread by thousands. He explains before the forward of The Autobiography of Harry S Truman, that:

“I have read several books and pamphlets about my life, career, ambitions and accomplishments and most of them contain glaring errors. If ...

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