The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
Due: Wednesday, 2/26, 9 a.m. Upload to D2L Assessments>Assignment Dropbox. 20 points total.
Citations: At the end of each paragraph, provide a citation. Your citation can be: the first few words of the paragraphs you used, the first few words of the answers in the interview, OR time stamps from the interview. If you do not provide a citation at the end of each paragraph, I will deduct 5 points. Please remember the citations are designed to demonstrate you gathered your answers from the class materials, so keep that in mind while writing.
Step one: Read the "Atom Bomb" article and either listen to the NPR interviews or read the print-out of the transcript.
https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/thank-god-for-the-atom-bomb/
Step two: Write three paragraphs. Your document should be at least one page, total, double-spaced. Feel free to write longer than one page. This assignment does not have to be a coherent paper with an introduction, body, and conclusion. It should a series of three separate paragraphs.
Paragraph #1: YES. Summarize the "yes, the U.S. should have dropped the atomic bomb" side of the debate.
Paragraph #2: NO. Summarize the "no, they should not have dropped the atomic bomb" side of the debate. This paragraph could also discuss other options available besides dropping the atomic bomb.
Paragraph #3: YES OR NO? What do you think? Should Truman have dropped the bomb? Why?