The book offers the final word on the debate over Truman's decision to drop the bomb. Enola Gay and the Court of History is compulsory reading for all those interested in the history of the Pacific war, the morality of war, and the failed NASM exhibition. Synopsis: My PhD thesis examines the so-called Enola Gay controversy of. His full-scale investigation of the historical dispute results in a compelling story of how and why our views about the bombing of Japan have evolved since its occurrence. My skills include historical research, curriculum design, teaching, and quality. Newman explores the tremendous challenges that NASM faced when trying to construct a narrative that would satisfy American veterans and the Japanese, as well as accurately reflect the current historical research on both the period and the bomb. The bomb, code-named Little Boy, was targeted. Newman's argument centers on the controversy that erupted around the National Air and Space Museum's (NASM) exhibit of Enola Gay in 1995. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. Newman offers a fresh perspective on the dispute over President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan in World War II. In this hard-hitting, thoroughly researched, and crisply argued book, award-winning historian Robert P.