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HIS 100 Theme 2: Secondary Source Analysis Worksheet
Prompt
: Fill in each of the fields below using information from a secondary source of your choice. Be sure to include specific examples (page numbers, etc.).
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Identify author and describe potential biases.
Robert Pape is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He specializes in international security affairs. He has also taught international relations at Dartmouth College. Most of his work surrounds the question of the power of strategic bombings. With his work revolving mainly around this topic he may have biases about the influence the dropping of the atomic bomb truly had on Japan surrendering. Identify thesis and arguments.
The thesis of this paper is: “…what matters is not the exact date of Japan’s surrender,…The key question is: why did Japan capitulate before invasion and decisive defeat of her home army?
Pape argues the three principal explanations to this very question. He argues that civilian vulnerability was the key to coercion. However, as Pape states none of these explanations match with the facts of WWII.
Regular bombs had caused so much damage that atomic bombs could not inflict dramatically more damage.
Japan’s civilians did not pressure their government to surrender. Their industrial works kept on working and their military remained strong
Pape believes that their military vulnerability caused them to surrender and not their civilian vulnerability. What primary sources did the source rely on? There were two prominent primary sources that Pape used in his research and writing of his article. The first was by Rufus Miles, Jr. He used is work titled “Hiroshima: The Strange Myth of Half a Million American Lives Saved.” This was published in the International Security volume 10 number 2 in 1985. The second source was by Karl T. Compton titled “If the Atomic Bomb Had Not Been Used.” Published in Atlantic Monthly no. 178 in 1946. Both of these helped support the arguments that Pape made in regards to the reasons that Japan surrendered.
Is the source reliable and convincing? Why or why not? Pape is reliable and convincing. He brings up major flaws in the general arguments as to why Japan surrendered. He also has valid points on his views as to why they truly did surrender. He also uses many different facts and articles to back up his arguments. He did a lot of research on
his arguments and provides us with a great view on the surrender of Japan.
How does the source relate to your project topic? How does it add to what you already know about the topic?
Honestly, I could not find a secondary source in the science field that I liked. This is on the strategy of military as well as the International relations. However, this did give me insight as to
why Japan would surrender and end the war. That in itself could help the scientific community as they could then focus their efforts onto different needs.
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