Complete a 1,000 word essay (approximately four double-spaced pages) analyzing the moral dilemma Harry S. Truman faced deciding to use atomic weapons against Japan in World War II.
•For this essay use 12 pt. or 14 pt. Font.
• Don’t forget to give your paper a title.
•YOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCES. In citing sources, use MLA documentation; however; you may use endnotes rather than footnotes. At the end of the paper you should include a short bibliography. ◦If you don’t cite your sources, I will immediately consider any source plagiarized and a zero will be assigned for that source and if it’s flagrant, a zero will be assigned for the project. Additionally, copying another’s work and submitting it as yours will immediately be assigned a zero.
◦If you don’t know how to do an in-text citation by now, ask your English instructor. Here is an example: Noted botanist H. P. Mulholland reports that, “Locusts were swarming thicker than flies on a jelly sandwich” (www.plagues&diseases.com). www.plagues&diseases.com is the in-text citation.

•You must use primary AND secondary sources to support your paper. I have given you some primary sources at the bottom of this document, but it’s certainly not an exhaustive list, nor does it include any secondary sources. While you may use some of the documents I have provided, you’re under no obligation to do so and, frankly, are encouraged to find others or completely different sources.You must submit the finished paper through in a Word document to SafeAssign in the Assignments portal of Black Board. I will NOT accept an email version or hard copy. Submit it as required. ◦You should use at least three sources. Remember one must be a primary source and one must be a secondary source. If you use your textbook as a secondary source, remember to cite it as a source.
◦Do NOT use wiki-anything. Wiki submissions are sometimes incorrect.

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Helpful Reminders

• Your thesis statement should be clear and the first paragraph of your paper.

• A thesis in affirmation of this topic would be something like the following: The use of atomic bombs posed several significant moral dilemmas for President Harry S. Truman, among these were . . .

• A thesis in negation of this topic would be something like the following: The use of atomic bombs posed no significant moral dilemmas for President Harry S. Truman, because . . .

• Or you might try an on-balance thesis such as: There were as many disadvantages to the use of atomic bombs in World War II for President Harry S. Truman as there were advantages, but it must be balanced. Don’t give me ten reasons why not and one why it was advantageous.

• Or you may take a different approach altogether. Those were just examples.

• If you’re going to direct quote more than a sentence or two, summarize or paraphrase it instead. I don’t want to read pages of quoted material, regardless of whether you cited it or not.

• Spell and grammar check.

• Essay and paragraph constructions are identical and easy to master once you keep the following in mind: Tell me what you’re going to tell me; tell me; tell me what you told me. For the essay, that translates to a clear thesis statement in an introductory paragraph; the body of the paper; conclusion.
For a paragraph, it means a clear topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a concluding or transition sentence.