The atomic bomb
By: [compiled] by Michael O'Neal.
Contributors: O'Neal, Michael, 1949-; Schwartz, Rebecca Spears.; Wood, Rue Anne.
Series: Jackdaw -- no. G96; Jackdaw (New York, N.Y.) -- no. G96
Publisher: Golden Owl Publishing Co.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Amawalk, N.Y
Language: eng
Subjects: Truman, Harry S., -- 1884-1972 -- Military leadership. -- Juvenile literature.; Atomic bomb -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History. -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Cover title.

Study guide activities written and developed by Rebecca Spears Schwartz, Rue Anne Wood.

Portfolio includes 1 study guide with reproducible masters (16 p.), 1 timeline, 5 broadsheet essays, 13 historical documents, 1 notes on documents sheet.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Broadsheet essays: 1. The war in the Pacific; title: 2. The Manhattan Project; title: 3. The diplomatic scene in 1945; title: 4. The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; title: 5. The postwar debate.; title: Historical documents: 1. Letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin Roosevelt, 1939; title: 2. U.S. Anti-Japanese poster; title: 3. Ralph Bard memo to Interim Committee on using atomic bomb against Japan, June 1945; title: 4. Petition circulated among scientists urging President Truman not to use the bomb, July 1945; title: 5. Truman diary entry on power of the bomb and his resolve to use it on a Japanese target, July 1945; title: 6. Bombing order from U.S. War Department to Army Air Force, July 1945; title: 7. Harry Truman's letter to his wife, Bess, on negotiations at Potsdam Conference, July 1945; title: 8. Statement by President of the United States, August 6, 1945, about Hiroshima bombing; title: 9. Poster, two newspaper front-page articles on Hiroshima blast, Japan's surrender, and the end of the war, August 7 & 15, 1945; title: 10. Cable, Senator Russell to President Truman, urging that Japan be dealt with harshly, and Truman's response, August 1945; title: 11. Cable, Samuel Calvert to President Truman expressing concern over use of the atomic bombs, and Truman's response, August 1945; title: 12. Resolution of Hiroshima, 1958, with letter from Tsukasa Nitoguri to Truman responding to Truman's statements about using the bomb, March 1958; title: 13. 1958 handwritten document by Truman on atomic bomb use.