WWII Socratic Seminar

Was it right for the United States to drop the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Read the article Nuclear Power: The End of the War Against Japan and come to class prepared for the Socratic Seminar.

1. Hypothesize the end of the Pacific Theater if the United States did not drop the bomb on Japan and instead proceeded with the invasion of the Japanese islands. Support your argument with evidence.
2. List and explain the evidence Professor Duncan Anderson gives to support his thesis.
3. Justify President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.