Now that you have chosen a topic and found some sources, I would like you to submit an outline of your paper. At this point it should be a very basic outline, and include information for your introdu
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Topic of Paper/Working Title: SHOULD WE HAVE USED THE ATOMIC BOMB IN JAPAN?
Primary Source- The National Security Archive
Title: Memorandum from Vannevar Bush and James B. Conant, to Secretary of War.
Publisher: Record Group 77 and Records of the Army Corps of Engineers
Date of Publication: 24 February 1945
Where you found it: https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/2.pdf
What information does it have that will be useful? The document contains actual information about the military actions as it was planning on how the actual attack would be executed. It contains information about the terrain so that to ensure that the attack was successful after the launch of the bombs. The information gives actual information about the activities of the military as it was planning to launch the attack. It will help in making the details of the term paper more accurate.
Primary Source- World War II Reader
Title: Harry Truman Announcing the atomic bomb of Hiroshima (1945)
Publisher: Lumen
Date of Publication: 6 August 1945
Where you found it: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/ushistory2os/chapter/primary-source-harry-truman-announcing-the-atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima-1945/
What information does it have that will be useful? The document contains details of a report from the White House which contained actual details of the attack. The actual words of Harry Truman about the incident have been recorded in the document. This information will be useful in the term paper as is the actual information that was released to the press therefore, it will help in giving accurate information that will be required for the term paper.
Secondary Source- Book
Title: Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date of Publication: 4 December 2007
Where you found it: Semantischolar.org. I also acquired the original company from a friend's library.
What information does it have that will be useful? The book is useful for the term paper as the author (Takaki) tries to explain the events before the attack and after the attack. Although according to him the reason behind the attack is not clear, he has tried to point out some of the reasons why the bomb was used to destroy over 90,000 settlements. It contains important facts that will be useful in the term paper.
Secondary Source- BBC News
Title: Hiroshima bomb: Japan marks 75 years since nuclear attack
Publisher: BBC
Date of Publication: 6 August 2020
Where you found it: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53660059
What information does it have that will be useful? The aim of the topic is to try to answer whether the bombing was n
ecessary for the country. This article gives details of the people's lives years after the attack and how people remember the 140,000 that died during the attack. It also contains the details of the events of the second bombing. The article will be important for the term paper as it points out details about how people in the country remember the events of the attacks.
