"The Only Decision Truman Made Was Not to Alter the Plan"

"On the first two questions, declassified archival documents are pretty clear: There never was a decision to drop either bomb. Instead, there was a decision to build an atom bomb. Once it was ready, it was used; once the second bomb was ready, it too was used. From the outset, this was the plan—an automatic sequence from building the bomb to testing it to dropping it on the enemy."

Fred Kaplan at Slate argues that "decision to bomb Hiroshima wasn't a decision at all."

And a 2016 Atomic Heritage Foundation article recalls the debate over the Smithsonian's 1995 exhibit.