6. Harry S. Truman
SRI Ranking: 6
Brookings Institution Ranking: 9
Truman’s decision to drop the bomb on Japanese is hotly debated to this day. The fact that he wasn’t elected president, but rather inherited the presidency after the death of President Roosevelt only adds to the debate. Still, the results were almost instant, and Japan surrendered less than a week after the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
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