WR 7, Option 1: Sigal on the decision to drop the bomb.
Part I – The Preparation:
Please read:
1) Leon V. Sigal, “Bureaucratic Politics & Tactical Use of Committees: The Interim Committee & the Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb,’ Polity, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Spring, 1978), pp. 326-364.
And view:
1) The documentary “The Day after Trinity” available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm5fCxXnK7Y
Part II – The Report:
Discuss: In a 300-500 word essay, discuss how the terms you chose relate to Means of Destruction and Technology. Follow these prompts:
A) How does Sigal offer a new assessment of the reasons for using atomic bombs at the end of WWII?
B) Choose a scene from film “Day After Trinity” and discuss:
1) How the scene supports or challenges Sigal’s account, and
2) How it helps us understand the concept of ‘logic of war’ as discussed in my Lecture.
Part III – Citations and Bibliography:
Include Footnotes and a Bibliography listing all the sources you have used using the Chicago Manual of Style: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html