For the second marking period I will be reading, The Most Controversial Decision, by
Wilson D. Miscamble, C.S.C. This book is about the American decision to drop
atomic bombs on Japan in efforts to end World War II. In the text many
different issues concerning the decision will be accounted for and extensive
research will be used to defend Miscamble’s well-developed view on the
controversy. The causes and effects will all be presented to give me full vast
image of how Truman came to his decision and how it changed the lives of so
many people. I came across this book when my older sister cam home from
college. She is studying to become a high school history teacher so she often
brings home many book such as this. Last year I wrote a two-part research paper
for this topic where I had to both defend and criticize this action. Since I
already know a lot on this topic I was interested in looking at other aspects I
may have overlooked last year as well as gaining more knowledge concerning such
a well-known topic. This book is much different from my normal genre choice so
I am interested to see how Miscamble approaches such a controversial topic in
his writing and style. The back of the book consists solely on reviews which
all lead me to believe that this will be a well-developed and informative text
so I look forward to seeing what he includes and whether or not a bias is
presented. That is one particular aspect I plan on looking for because in a
topic like this, it is difficult set aside one’s own opinion.
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| Atom Bombing Japan URL: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/abomb.htm |
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