Rev. Wilson D. Miscamble joined the permanent faculty at Notre Dame in 1988 and was ordained as a priest in the same year. He teaches in the History Department at all levels, from first year courses to doctoral seminars. His major work From Roosevelt to Truman: Potsdam, Hiroshima and the Cold War received the Harry S. Truman Book Award in 2008. His newest book The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs and the Defeat of Japan was published by Cambridge University Press in 2011.