Jon Nelson’s Reviews > Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II > Status Update

So good. A detailed account of the deliberations in the days leading up to and following the dropping of the bomb from both sides. Focusing on a handful of key advisers underneath the leading politicians, Thomas draws from diaries of these participants as well as other sources. Written in the present tense, the narrative is gripping as well as revealing about the ways culture can complicate communication. Read it.