President Harry Truman’s decision to use the Atomic Bomb

In this assignment you will need to write an essay of no less than 500 words regarding the decision to use Atomic bombs in order to end the war against Japan. You will need to watch the short video entitled “Controversy Over the Decision to Drop Atomic Bomb Still Lingers Over Japan” and consult your textbook. The video is located at the bottom of this screen. The decision to use Atomic weapons remains one of the most controversial, debated topics in history over seventy years later as evidenced by the criticism of some commentators regarding the decision of President Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima in May 2016.

While there is a minimum word count of 500 words, a good paper generally exceeds the minimum word count with as many as 1500 words in a detailed, example-filled response. You will need to upload your paper as an attachment. Do not plagiarize material from websites or other papers since your essay will be scanned by anti-plagiarism software. Plagiarism is defined in Wikipedia and other sources as: “wrongful appropriation” and “stealing and publication” of another author’s “language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions” and the representation of them as one’s own original work.” Since it is a form of cheating, the consequence of the action will be a zero for the assignment.

Your task is to analyze the decision of President Harry Truman to use Atomic weapons. Imagine that you are an advisor to the President and you have been told to prepare a memo for him outlining the arguments on both sides of this question both for and against. Your response should present one moral argument for dropping the bomb and one moral argument for not dropping it.