Order # 10247

This is not really an Essay, I just need you to answer the question thoroughly and completely. Being one page long.

· I will upload the rubric in a file below

· Use the 5 sources I have given to support your answer. Two will be in files below.

Paterson, Thomas G. "Potsdam, the Atomic Bomb, and the Cold War: A Discussion with James F. Byrnes." The Pacific Historical Review 41 (May 1972): 225-30.

Sherwin, Martin J. "Hiroshima as Politics and History." The Journal of American History, 82, (December 1995): 1085-93.

Bernstein, Barton J. "The Alarming Japanese Buildup on Southern Kyushu, Growing U.S. Fears, and Counterfactual Analysis: Would the Planned November 1945 Invasion of Southern Kyushu Have Occurred?" The Pacific Historical Review 68 (November 1999): 561-609.

· Be sure to explain your position completely, citing evidence to support your conclusions.

Question

1. Scholars, scientists, and politicians have debated the role that the atomic bomb played in forcing the Japanese to surrender. Was the United States 'right' to have dropped two atomic bombs on Japan?