Read the Section from Yamaoka Michiko's Account of the Dropping

question 29

Essay

Read the section from Yamaoka Michiko's account of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: A Hiroshima Maiden's Tale).What were the reasons behind the decision to drop the bomb? Were there other options? What role would the existence of the atomic bomb play in the cold war?

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