ATOMIC BOMB CONTROVERSY

Due April 25/April 26

Read "July 1945:  The Moment of Decision" and highlight and annotate the following:

1. The initial US strategy for ending the war in the Pacific.
2.  The members of the advisory panel.
3.  Key aspects of each of the 6 "critical" factors the panel was using to decide whether or to use the atomic bomb.
4.  Important sentences in the Potsdam Declaration that help you understand other possible reasons to use the atomic bomb.