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The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

Chris Wallace: "Sense of Unity and Common Purpose"

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

FOX News Radio

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4.1738 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This week, Martha is joined by Chris Wallace, anchor of Fox News Sunday and author of the new book, Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World. Chris shares how his goal was to retell important historical events in the genre of a thriller, President Truman’s decision in World War II on whether to invade Japan or drop the atom bomb and Chris tells the story of Hideko Tamura-Snider, a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing. Follow Martha on Twitter: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Untold Story with Martha McCallum, exclusive interviews with top newsmakers who share their inspiring

0:38.7

stories of perseverance, positivity, and more. Now, here's Martha McCallum. From the COVID-19 pandemic

0:49.4

to the nationwide unrest in the wake of George Floyd's tragic death. The country is facing unprecedented

0:55.7

times. Yet history has shown us time and time again that the United States finds ways

1:00.8

to overcome challenges. My next guest, anchor of Fox News Sunday, in his new book, takes us inside

1:08.5

a historic chapter that he says, quote, changed the world.

1:13.0

He reexamines the period between Truman's inauguration and the dropping of the atomic bomb.

1:19.1

During the Fox Nation special based on his book, Chris says, quote,

1:22.3

For all the questions about the morality of dropping the atomic bomb, it's unrealistic to think Harry Truman would make

1:29.1

any other choice. He believed using his new super weapon would end the war a year sooner and save

1:36.0

hundreds of thousands of American lives. In just 116 days, a new untested leader made one of

1:42.5

history's most consequential decisions. Joining me now,

1:46.0

Chris Wallace, author of Countdown to 1945, The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116

1:53.6

days that changed the world. Chris, thank you for doing this, for speaking with me for the

1:59.3

Untold Story podcast. And I guess the first question

2:02.1

that I want to ask you is, why this period? What inspired you to write about this chapter?

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