Nieman WWII Atomic Bomb Debate Resources

Books

Atomic Bomb Debate Books (from LibGuides)

Atomic-bomb themed fiction we have in our library: The Gadget by Paul Zindel (FIC ZIN); Invisible Things by Jenny Davidson (FIC DAV); The Bomb by Theodore Taylor (FIC TAY); Winter of the World by Ken Follett (FIC FOL)

Videos

Go to Google, click the Videos link, and then type in "History.com atomic bomb debate." (You can also try the words "controversy" or "decision.") You will get a list of videos. Cite your sources just like you would with databases, books, or websites.

Database Articles

Search "atomic bomb" in each of these databases

ABC- CLIO

Modern Genocide and

World at War databases

Gale Opposing Viewpoints

Be sure to look at the 17 images and the 4 videos, as well as the article posted below.

Infobase Modern World History

Websites

The Decision to Use the Bomb
Should Truman Have Used the Atomic Bomb?
Justified or needless? Atomic bombing of Japan still topic of debate
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Debate over the Bomb
Pro and Con on Dropping the Bomb
Was the US justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War? You debate
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum (in Japan)
Hiroshima: Was It Necessary?
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (in Japan)
Annotated bibliography on the decision to use the atomic bombs on Japan – The Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
Hiroshima: the 'White Man's Bomb' revisited: Dropping the Bomb on Japan was the final act of a bitter race war in the Pacific. by Mick Hume, Spiked, 2 August 2005. Abridged version of a 1995 article in Living Marxism.
Yuki Tanaka and Richard Falk, "The Atomic Bombing, The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal and the Shimoda Case: Lessons for Anti-Nuclear Legal Movements", The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 44-3-09, 2 November 2009.