It was the height of the depression in the U.S. No jobs were to be had and people were hungry.

Have paraphrased the title from a well-known book on the nuclear arms race, but the rest of the article is of my own steam. I am a sucker for the big historical stories, and few are larger than the dropping of the Bomb.

This is not intended to be a complete account of the controversial issue, but instead a quick pointer towards where an interested individual might try some further research. As such, it is un-sourced. Those interested in factual verification will be satisfied by a quick search of any scholarly archive.