When Harry Truman learned of the success of the Manhattan Project, he knew he was faced with a decision of unprecedented gravity. The capacity to end the war with Japan was in hands, but it would involve unleashing the most terrible weapon ever known.American soldiers and civilians were weary from four years of war, yet the Japanmilitary was refusing to give up their fight. American forces occupied Okinawa and Iwo Jima and were intensely fire bombing Japancities. But Japan had an army of 2 million strong stationed in the home islands guarding against invasion. For Truman, the choice whether or not to use the atomic bomb was the most difficult decision of life.Use the resource links provided in the The Decision to Drop the Bomb Resources folder below to write a three to five page paper that critically examines The Decision to Drop the Bomb. Papers will be graded in four domains: communication/writing skills, critical thinking, personal responsibility, and social responsibility based on the rubrics contained in the Rubrics folder on the course site. It is HIGHLY RECOMMEND that students study the rubrics BEFORE doing anything else on the project.Address the following questions in your paper.1. Describe the complicated political and military situation involving the decision to drop the Atomic bomb.2. Do you agree or disagree with President Truman?s decision to drop the Atomic bomb? Why or why not?3. What reasons does President Truman use to justify dropping the bomb? Be specific. You should describe a minimum of four reasons.4. Describe alternatives to dropping the bomb. Be specific. You should identify, describe, and analyze a minimum of three alternatives. Support your statements with examples.5. What are the moral implications of the atomic bomb? Elaborate on your statements.6. Armed with all of the knowledge that President Truman and advisors had accumulated, how would you have ended the war in the Pacific? Be specific. Explain how and why.Note: In order to do a good job on tassignment, you should easily have three to five pages. Be specific and elaborate on the answers to the above questions. Put your information into your own words! Think! Use the rubrics to ensure that your paper meets the requirements regarding personal responsibility, social responsibility, critical thinking and writing.Writing Tip: Always assume that your audience knows nothing about the issue. A common mistake students make is leaving out critical information that they have learned, because they know that the instructor already knows the information. However, an instructor cannot give credit for knowledge that is absent from the essay. Your writing should be the evidence that you have the information, and have assimilated it into knowledge. (Twas a mistake that I made in writing essays for college classes until an English teacher gave me tadvice: Always write as though the instructor were an ignorant fool that you were attempting to educate about the issue. Use the rubrics for guidance.REQUIREMENTS FOR PAPER:The paper must be:1. Written in MLA format.2. Written with Times New Roman 12 point font3. Double Spaced4. Minimum of three pages5. You must submit the finished paper through Safe Assign in the Departmental Assessment portal of Blackboard. I will NOT accept an email version or hard copy. Submit it as required.6. Spell and grammar check your paper.
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