You are a close advisor to President
Harry Truman in 1945. You are currently working with a team of scientists to
help the President decide whether or not the United States should use this new
weapon, the atomic bomb, or invade Japan in November like previously scheduled.
Use all necessary evidence to decide
amongst various options:
You may want to decide on your own policy
option, but here are a few:
1. Drop
the two bombs on two targets as quickly as is feasible;
2. Drop
one on a neighboring island of Japan as a demonstration. Only drop the second
on a Japanese city if the Japanese govt. fails to surrender;
3. Do
not drop either bomb.
4. Call
for more diplomacy before doing anything…inaction as action.
Your job is to create
1. a policy decision that you think the
president should make, and
2. The reasoning behind that choice.
(typed,
around a page, due on Tuesday at start of class)
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