Cook, Gareth. "Why Did Japan Surrender?" Boston.com. August 07, 2011. Accessed February 21, 2016. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/08/07/why_did_japan_surrender/?page=5.
Writer Gareth Cook does a great job on informing the reader of the diverse arguments on whether the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the war. He supports the questionable topic with arguments from a famous historian named Hasegawa. Hasegawa touches on the reaction of the Japanese government after the attack and how he believes the Soviet Union entering the war outweighs the aggressive attacks by the United States. Cook doesn't give to much of what his particular belief is because he uses Hasegawa's arguments thoroughout the article. I believe he should have given some more opinion on the argument or why his thoughts were connected with Hasegawa's.
Glines, Carrol "World War II: Second Atomic Bomb That Ended the War." History Net Where History Comes Alive World US History Online. January 1997. http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-second-atomic-bomb-that-ended-the-war.htm.
In this article, Glines provides us an inside look on the mission of the drop of the second atomic bomb. In detail he describes the steps that were taken leading up to the drop and how …show more content…
Writer Ward Wilson harps on the fact that there was nothing the atomic bomb did to Japan that effected their strategic options in the war. Japan had already been contemplating surrender and had two separate plans to do so in hopes to keeping territory they had conquered previously. Also addressed was since only 9 cities in Japan remained virgin to an air strike, the Japanese government saw the attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as any other fire-bombing. This article provides an excellent timeline and sequence of events that challenge the theory that the atomic bomb was Japans reason for surrender. After reading this article, I too believe that our bomb did not end the
Writer Gareth Cook does a great job on informing the reader of the diverse arguments on whether the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the war. He supports the questionable topic with arguments from a famous historian named Hasegawa. Hasegawa touches on the reaction of the Japanese government after the attack and how he believes the Soviet Union entering the war outweighs the aggressive attacks by the United States. Cook doesn't give to much of what his particular belief is because he uses Hasegawa's arguments thoroughout the article. I believe he should have given some more opinion on the argument or why his thoughts were connected with Hasegawa's.
Glines, Carrol "World War II: Second Atomic Bomb That Ended the War." History Net Where History Comes Alive World US History Online. January 1997. http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-second-atomic-bomb-that-ended-the-war.htm.
In this article, Glines provides us an inside look on the mission of the drop of the second atomic bomb. In detail he describes the steps that were taken leading up to the drop and how …show more content…
Writer Ward Wilson harps on the fact that there was nothing the atomic bomb did to Japan that effected their strategic options in the war. Japan had already been contemplating surrender and had two separate plans to do so in hopes to keeping territory they had conquered previously. Also addressed was since only 9 cities in Japan remained virgin to an air strike, the Japanese government saw the attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as any other fire-bombing. This article provides an excellent timeline and sequence of events that challenge the theory that the atomic bomb was Japans reason for surrender. After reading this article, I too believe that our bomb did not end the