Michael Kreutz » Truman http://www.michaelkreutz.net Intellectual History between East and West Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Unintentional History http://www.michaelkreutz.net/2007/08/14/27/ http://www.michaelkreutz.net/2007/08/14/27/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:15:30 +0000 Michael Kreutz http://geisteswelten.michaelkreutz.net/2007/08/14/27/ This is a good one:

Hiroshima was unintentional too. When Truman told his Cabinet, “I’m going in,” he wasn’t, as we believed, referring to a Japanese invasion, but giving voice to the simple desire to take a dip in the White House pool.

Found in Marisha Pessl’s “Special Topics in Calamity Physics”, p. 93.

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