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Searching for Historical Sources and Scholarship Assignment Instructions
Kimberly Perez
HIST501
Search Terms: atomic bomb world war 2
results from Jerry Falwell Library of JFL
Books
Gordin, Michael D. Five Days in August How World War II Became a Nuclear War
. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015.
Miscamble, Wilson D. The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Articles
Lorenz, A. L., Jr. “Truman and the Press Conference.” Journalism Quarterly 43, no. 4 (September 1966): 671. Stimson, Henry "Hiroshima: why Truman dropped the atomic bomb on Japan."
States News Service
, August 6, 2019.
Search terms: Truman Atomic bomb
Results from JFL America: History and Life database
Books
Anderson, Oscar E., Jr. 1964. “International Control of the Atom: Roots of a Policy.” In A
Festschrift for Frederick B. Artz
, 207–27.
Gordin, Michael D. 2007. “Coda: On the Scholarly Literature.” Five Days in August, January, 141–44.
Articles
Bernstein, Barton J. 1992. “Writing, Righting, or Wronging the Historical Record: President Truman’s Letter on His Atomic Bomb Decision.” Diplomatic History 16
(1): 163–73. Walker, J. Samuel. 2005. “Recent Literature on Truman’s Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for Middle Ground.” Diplomatic History 29
(2): 311–34. Primary sources from “Five Days in August”
Giangreco, D. M. "''A Score of Bloody Okinawas and Iwo Jimas'': President Truman and Casualty Estimates for the Invasion of Japan." Pacific Historical Review 72
, no. 1 (02, 2003): 93-132.
Walker, J. S. (2005). Recent Literature on Truman’s Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for
Middle Ground
. Diplomatic History, 29
(2), 311–334. Bernstein, Barton J. “Roosevelt, Truman, and the Atomic Bomb, 1941-1945: A Reinterpretation.” Political Science Quarterly 90
, no. 1 (1975): 23–69. Stimson, Henry L. "The Decision to use the Atomic Bomb." SAIS Review 5, no. 2 (Summer, 1985): 1.
Truman, Harry S
. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States : Harry S. Truman : Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President
, April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953. Washington, D.C: U.S. G.P.O., (1945).
JCS Secretary, “Minutes of Meeting held at the White House, June 18, 1945” CCS File, RG218, US National Archives
(1945).
Primary sources from “The Most Controversial Decision : Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and
the Defeat of Japan”
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Memoirs by Harry S. Truman : Year of decisions (vol. 1)
New York : Doubleday 1955
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
, Speaking Frankly,
New York ; London :Harper & Brothers Publishers (1947)
Gar Alperovitz and Robert L. Messer, "Correspondence: Marshall, Truman, and the Decision to Drop the Bomb," International Security 16 (Winter 1991/1992): 204-14.
Grew, Joseph, “Grew to the President, Analysis of Memorandum Presented by Mr. Hoover, June 13, 1945” Record Group 107, Office of the Secretary of War, Formerly Top Secret
Correspondence of Secretary of War Stimson (“Safe File”)
, July 1940-September 1945, box 8, Japan (After December 7/41)
Barton J. Bernstein, “Truman at Potsdam: His Secret Diary,” Foreign Service Journal
, July/August 1980.
Compton, Arthur B. , “Memorandum on `Political and Social Problems,’ from Members of the `Metallurgical Laboratory’ of the University of Chicago,” June 12, 1945, Secret RG 77, MED Records, H-B files, folder no. 76
.
Primary Sources from “Recent Literature on Truman’s Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for Middle Ground.” Alperovitz, Gar; Tree, Sanho, The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth
by New York: Knopf (1995).
Barton J. Bernstein “A postwar myth: 500,000 U.S. lives saved”, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
, 42:6, 38-40, (1986).
Lincoln, George A., “General George A. Lincoln to General Hull, June 4, 1945” , enclosing draft, Top Secret Record Group 165, Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, American-British-Canadian Top Secret Correspondence, Box 504, ABC 387 Japan
(15 Feb. 45)
D. M. Giangreco, "Casualty Projections for the U.S. Invasions of Japan, 1945-1946: Planning and Policy Implications," Journal of Military History 61 (July 1997): 521-82; D. M. Giangreco
Stimson, Henry L., “Foreign Relations of the United States: The Conference of Berlin, 2:1267-71;” Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy, On Active Service in Peace and War (New York, 1947), 628.
Stimson. Henry, “Henry Stimson Diary” , Sterling Library, Yale University (microfilm at Library of Congress) Stimson Diary Entries,
May 14 and 15, 1945
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Annotated Bibliography
Kimberly Perez
HIST501
March 1, 2023
Giangreco, D. M. ''A Score of Bloody Okinawas and Iwo Jimas'': President Truman and Casualty
Estimates for the Invasion of Japan." Pacific Historical Review 72
, no. 1 (02, 2003): 93-
132.
A thorough review of casualty estimates if the war continued with Japan. Walker, J. S. “Recent Literature on Truman’s Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for Middle Ground.” Diplomatic History
, 29(2), 311–334. (2005) With a collaborated use of primary sources such as private diaries and diplomatic papers the author pieces together the recent literature available for the debate on the use of the atomic bomb. Bernstein, Barton J. “Roosevelt, Truman, and the Atomic Bomb, 1941-1945: A Reinterpretation.”
Political Science Quarterly
90, no. 1 (1975): 23–69. A review of the correspondence between Roosevelt and Truman and analysis of the decision to drop the bomb. Stimson, Henry L. "The Decision to use the Atomic Bomb." SAIS Review 5
, no. 2 (Summer, 1985).
Stimson’s concerns about using the nuclear bomb on Japan and social implications of doing so. Truman, Harry S. “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States : Harry S. Truman : Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953.” Washington, D.C: U.S. G.P.O., (1953).
Personal and public speeches made by Truman during WW2 and after. JCS Secretary, “Minutes of Meeting held at the White House, June 18, 1945”
CCS File, RG218, US National Archives
A White House meeting on the current situation in Japan and how many casualties and military options were on the horizon. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Memoirs by Harry S. Truman : Year of decisions (vol. 1)
New York
: Doubleday 1955
Personal memoirs of Harry S. Truman during his lifetime.
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972,
Speaking Frankly
, New York ; London : Harper & Brothers Publishers 1947
Secretary of State Byrnes memoir leading up to and through WW2.
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Gar Alperovitz and Robert L. Messer, "Correspondence: Marshall, Truman, and the Decision to Drop the Bomb," International Security 16
(Winter 1991/1992): 204-14.
Review of archival evidence that shows proof that Russia’s entry into the war was leading
to the Japanese surrender and that the atomic bomb was unnecessary.
Secretary of State Joseph Grew to the President, “Analysis of Memorandum Presented by Mr. Hoover,” June 13, 1945
Record Group 107, Office of the Secretary of War, Formerly Top Secret Correspondence of Secretary of War Stimson (“Safe File”), July 1940-September 1945,
box 8, Japan (After December 7/41)
Comments from Joseph Grew on the importance of outlining the treatment of the Emperor and how that could shorten and end the war. Barton J. Bernstein, “Truman at Potsdam: His Secret Diary,” Foreign Service Journal,
July/August 1980
Private diary notes from Truman of his visit to Potsdam and discussions as they relate to dropping the bomb on Japan.
Arthur B. Compton to the Secretary of War, enclosing “Memorandum on `Political and Social Problems,’ from Members of the `Metallurgical Laboratory’ of the University of Chicago,” June 12, 1945, Secret RG 77, MED Records, H-B files, folder no. 76
.
Secret documents from “Metallurgical Laboratory”, a cover for the Manhattan Project program to produce fuel for the bomb. They recommended a demonstration of the bomb instead of a surprise attack on the Japanese. Alperovitz, Gar; Tree, Sanho
, The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth,
New York : Knopf 1995
This book is a thorough investigation into archival documents that show evidence that Japan was threatened by Russian entry into the war and that casualty numbers were much
lower than estimated. Barton J. Bernstein, “A postwar myth: 500,000 U.S. lives saved”
, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
, 42:6, 38-40, DOI: 10.1080/00963402.1986.11459388. (1986).
An evaluation of military planners before and during the war estimated casualties at much lower than 500,000 US lives. This questions the 500,000 estimate that history claims would be lost.
Lincoln, George A.“ General George A. Lincoln to General Hull, June 4, 1945, enclosing draft,” Top Secret Record Group 165, Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, American-British-Canadian Top Secret Correspondence, Box 504
, “ABC 387 Japan (15 Feb. 45)
George A. Lincoln, commented on a memorandum by former President Herbert. Hoover solutions was a compromise with Japan.
D. M. Giangreco, "Casualty Projections for the U.S. Invasions of Japan, 1945-1946: Planning and Policy Implications," Journal of Military History 61
(July 1997): 521-82.
An evaluation of all casualty projections presented to Truman prior to the use of the atomic bomb and an analysis on how casualty projections are determined. Foreign Relations of the United States: The Conference of Berlin, 2:1267-71; Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy, On Active Service in Peace and War (New York, 1947), 628.
This is a formal demand made to Japan to surrender and instructions as to the treatment of the emperor and the conditions to surrender are made. Stimson, Henry, “Henry Stimson Diary,” Sterling Library, Yale University (microfilm at Library of Congress) Stimson Diary Entries
, May 14 and 15, 1945
On 2 July Stimson presented to President Truman a proposal The proposal was to use diplomacy to shorten the war with Japan. He was attempting to make a last effort with a warning to Japan of their coming destruction.
Gordin, Michael D. Five Days in August How World War II Became a Nuclear War
. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015.
A historical account of the events that pushed WW2 to a nuclear event. Miscamble, Wilson D. The Most Controversial Decision : Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Accessed March 2, 2023.
ProQuest Ebook Central.
A thorough review of the events that led up to the world’s first use of an atomic bomb.
Anderson, Oscar E., Jr. “International Control of the Atom: Roots of a Policy.” In A Festschrift for Frederick B. Artz
, 207–27, (1964)
Review of documents that assisted in the race to control nuclear weapons. Gordin, Michael D. “Coda: On the Scholarly Literature.” Five Days in August, January, 141–44. (2007)
A review of primary sources available about the events that led up to the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan. Bernstein, Barton J. “Writing, Righting, or Wronging the Historical Record: President Truman’s Letter on His Atomic Bomb Decision.” Diplomatic History 16
(1): 163–73 (1992).
Review of President Truman’s letter on his decision to use the Atomic bomb. Walker, J. Samuel. 2005. “Recent Literature on Truman’s Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for Middle Ground.” Diplomatic History 29
(2): 311–34 (2005)
Lorenz, A. L., Jr. “Truman and the Press Conference.” Journalism Quarterly 43
, no. 4 (September 1966)
Truman addressed the public in response to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Stimson, Henry L., “Henry L. Stimson Papers (MS 465)”, Sterling Library, Yale University
(reel 113) (microfilm at Library of Congress), ( 16 July 1945)
Memorandum between Stimson and Byrnes regarding the conduct with Japan in WW2.
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