I can think of no more important book for our time. Written with moral clarity, tremendous verve, and the ability of a truly great historian to render the immensity of a moment through the smaller voices as well as being faithful to the facts. I recommend this magisterial, haunting book to all generations -- Fergal Keane, award-winning BBC foreign correspondent and author of Road of Bones: The Siege of Kohima 1944

Iain Macgregor's compelling account impresses in many ways. Unheralded individuals take centre stage. Vividly drawn characters spring to life. But it is his expertly managed juxtaposition of science, strategy and visceral horror that stands out -- Joshua Levine, New York Times bestselling author of Dunkirk

The nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was one of the most iconic moments of the twentieth century. Yet little has been written about the individuals whose actions led to Japan's unconditional surrender. Iain MacGregor's The Hiroshima Men is epic in scale yet intimate in detail, its pages filled with mavericks and geniuses who forever changed our world. A meticulously researched and compellingly written tour-de-force -- Giles Milton, author of The Stalin Affair

The Hiroshima Men is a brilliant, superbly researched story of genius and terrifying destruction -- Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of Against All Odds: a True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival In World War II

The atomic bombing that obliterated Hiroshim