To keep the publication of the Pentagon Papers going , Alperovitz developed a strategy to hand off portions of the report to one news publication at a time beginning with '' The Washington Post '' — which helped to create an ongoing media spectacle and to keep public interest in the contents of the papers alive for several weeks . With Ellsberg in hiding , Alperovitz handled the logistics of handing off the papers to the press , adopting the moniker " Mr. Boston " when speaking to journalists and exercising great caution in planning elaborate handoffs . In an interview with '' The New Yorker '' , Ellsberg said that " Alperovitz , in particular , was critical to the way this thing worked out … it was Alperovitz who devised the strategy of distributing the papers to as many news organizations as possible , including to Ben Bagdikian at '' The Washington Post '' , an approach that later proved to be crucial from both a legal and a public-relations standpoint . And it was Alperovitz who came up with the elaborate techniques for slipping the documents to reporters while evading the authorities . " In this work , Alperovitz investigates the role of the atomic bomb in shaping the formation of the U.S relationship with the Soviet Union and the makeup of the postwar international political order . Alperovitz provides evidence that once the atomic bomb had successfully been tested , the U.S policy towards the Soviet Union under the Truman Administration shifted from " conciliatory " to " tough " and he argues that Truman used the U.S possession of the atomic bomb as a diplomatic tool to force " Soviet acquiescence to American plans " for postwar Europe as the two powers negotiated at the Potsdam Conference . " In this work , Alperovitz also presents substantive , although not definitive , evidence suggesting that top-level American civilian and military leaders knew the atomic bomb was not necessary to end World War II , but still used it to demonstrate strength vis-á-vis the Soviet Union
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