"With Reference to Primary and Secondary Sources, Critically Analyse the Reasons for the use of the Atomic Bomb on Japan in 1945"

Essay
Like many of the important decisions of the twentieth century, the dropping of the atomic bomb onto the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been well documented, along with the decision process and the effort to create such a weapon; the Manhattan Project. What makes the use of the atomic bomb so profound in its individuality is the fact that a lot of the information used to convey persuasions and to base theories is quite shallow, if not entirely transparent. This makes the decision to use the bomb so absolutely fascinating, because even those who were at the heart of the…