Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Primary
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, Alice Kimball Smith, and Charles Weiner. Robert
Oppenheimer, letters and recollections. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University
Press, 1980.
This compilation of Oppenheimers personal thoughts was useful for our
group because it gave us a window into Oppenheimers thoughts before, during, and
after the Manhattan Project.
Hiroshima: Quotes Against the Bombs. Hiroshima: Quotes. Accessed November
30, 2014. http://www.doug-long.com/quotes.htm.
This source compiled powerful quotes from high ranking officials who did
not support the bombings. We used quotes from this source from people such as
Admiral William D. Leahy and Dwight Eisenhower.
"Primary Resources: A Warning from President Truman to Japan Urging
Surrender." PBS. Accessed November 20, 2014.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/trumanjapanwarn/.
This primary source is a transcript of President Trumans radio address to
the American public on August 9, 1945 explaining the bombings and urging a
Janaese surrender. Our group used some quotes from this speech in our American
Reaction page.
"Hiroshima & Nagasaki Remembered." Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembered.
Accessed November 9, 2014. http://www.hiroshima-remembered.com/.
This website had an excellent section with first-hand accounts of the
bombings from survivors just miles from the hypocenter. Some of those chilling
quotes are included in the Voice From the Rubble section.
"Primary Resources: A Warning from President Truman to Japan Urging
Surrender." PBS. Accessed November 20, 2014.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/trumanjapanwarn/.
This primary source is a transcript of President Trumans radio address to
the American public on August 9, 1945 explaining the bombings and urging a
Janaese surrender. Our group used some quotes from this speech in our American
Reaction page.
Bernstein, Barton J., Truman at Potsdam: His Secret Diary, 1945 (2005), 1-5
Trumans personal diary from Potsdam, published in 2005 by Barton
Bernstein, provided our group with an inside perspective on the Potsdam
Conference as well as multiple primary quotes from Truman himself.
Groves. Leslie., Memorandum from General L. R. Groves to Secretary of War, The
Test, July 18, 1945, Top Secret, Excised Copy, 1945, 1-13
General Leslie Groves was asked to describe in detail the first Trinity Test
performed in the desert of New Mexico, which was later used at Potsdam to explain
the magnitude and power of the bomb. This source gave our group a detailed, firsthand account of the Trinity Test, using powerful descriptions that convey the sheer
force, brightness, loudness, and heat from the detonation of the first atomic bomb.
Minutes of Meeting Held at the White House. Truman and Military Advisers.
June18, 1945. http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/20.pdf
This primary source is a meeting that is held at the white house with the
President, Fleet admiral, and the General of the Army. This document showed our
group Trumans and The Armys general thought process on the state of Japan and
if it is necessary to put troops on the ground there or use the atomic bombs.
Groves, L.R. "Memorandum to the Chief of Staff." National Security Archive.
August 6, 1945. Accessed December 10, 2014.
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/53.pdf.
This primary source is a document by Leslie Groves the day after the bomb
of Hiroshima and is a report to the Chief of Staff Marshall. This document gave us
primary source information and insight to the scene of Hiroshima the day after the
bomb, the effects, and how Groves perceived the effects of the powerful Atomic
bomb.
Compton, Arthur (1956). Atomic Quest. New York: Oxford University Press. OCLC
173307.
This primary source had government documents from the Manhattan
Project and gave us a great window into the extensive work that went into the
project that took many years to complete.
Groves, Leslie (1962). Now it Can be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project. New
York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-306-70738-1. OCLC 537684.
This personal account from Leslie Groves was a great resource for our group
to learn about the military side of the Manhattan Project.
Secondary
McCullough, David G.. Truman. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
David McCullough is a renowned historian and his analysis of President Truman
was important for gathering information on him during the early stages of the project, as
well as giving us an excellent perspective of Truman that lasted throughout the project.
Ferrell, Robert H.. "President Harry S. Truman and the Bomb." National Forum75.4
(1995): 22-26. Print.
Robert H. Ferrells comprehensive analysis of President Truman and the bomb
was important for gathering information about Presidents Trumans role amnd decison
making during the Manhattan Project.
Stimson, Henry L.. "The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb." SAIS Review 5.2 (1985):
1-15. Print.
This secondary source gave us excellent information about the decision to drop
the bombs on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Stimson painted an excellent picture of the
decision, including arguments for and against the bombs, and President Trumans feelings
about his decision.
Taylor, Elaine. "Elaine Tyler May On: American Reaction to Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
PBS. Accessed November 5, 2014. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/filmmore/
This interview was with historian Elaine Tyler may conducted by PBS was
helpful for our group when researching the thoughts of the American public on the
bombings.
"Avalon Project - The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Avalon Project The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Accessed October 24, 2014.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/mp10.asp.
This sources is a report from Yale Law School with excellent data detailing the
mass casualties in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We used these tables in our website to show
the effects of the bombings with concrete data of the devastation.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/pacific-costs-war/
(accessed September 17, 2014).
This source from PBS.org allowed our group to further our knowledge about the
nature of the Pacific Theatre during the Second World War, especially the nature of the
fighting.
especially when studying the topic of nuclear proliferation and the many controversies
involving proliferation.
Burr, William. "The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II: A Collection of Primary
Sources." The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II: A Collection of Primary
Sources. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2014. <http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/N
This website by William Burr gives an overall description of the description of the
Trinity Test and the decision to drop the bomb. This website also contains primary source
documents which we have used on our project to increase our knowledge on why they
decided to drop the bombs and what actions made them do it.
Kelly, Cynthia C.. The Manhattan project: the birth of the atomic bomb in the words of
its creators, eyewitnesses, and historians. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal
Publishers :, 2007. Print.
The Manhattan Project written by Cynthia C. Kelly which includes eyewitness
accounts and historians opinions on the project. This novel allows us to understand the
Manhattan Project and also how it was seen by eyewitnesses at that time. The book gave
our group insightful information on the creation of the Manhattan Project and how it
came to be and how it worked.
Stein, R. Conrad. The Manhattan Project. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1993. Print.
This book written by R. Conrad Stein gives a simpler and easier to understand
version of what the Manhattan Project was and why they dropped it, and the effects it
had. This book was very useful in the beginning of our project, giving us a solid
foundation or background.
Bernstein, Barton J. Truman and the A-Bomb: Targeting Noncombatants, Using the
Bomb, and His Defending the "Decision". The Journal of Military History, Vol. 62, No. 3
(Jul., 1998), pp. 547-570. http://www.jstor.org/stable/120437 (Schorarly Journal)
This scholarly journal written by Barton Bornstein is an excellent scholarly
journal that has the thoughts of Harry Truman and his decision. This journal gave our
group more info on why Truman made the decision that he did and his understanding of
the necessity of the use of the Atomic bombs.
Hughes, Jeff. The Manhattan Project: Big Science and the Atom Bomb. New York:
Columbia UP, 2002. Print.
This book was a source that provided a lot of information about the effort of
creating the bomb, I used it for background knowledge on the development of the bomb
mostly.We used it to find more about the legacy of the atom bomb and what it meant for
science as a whole at the time.
Kraft, Alison. "Atomic Medicine." History Today 59, no. 11 (November 2009): 26-33.
History Reference Center, EBSCOhost (accessed September 17, 2014).
This article outlined more of the science behind the atomic bomb and their
findings at the time which lead to a lot of the decisions made about the bomb later, by the
U.S. government. It was written in a medical journal, and slightly criticized the goals of
the U.S. government in creating a WMD that was purely made for destruction and death
through radiation. Kraft says that the bomb was used as a tool to threaten the USSR and
the axis powers.
Jones, Vincent (1985). Manhattan: The Army and the Atomic Bomb. Washington, D.C.:
United States Army Center of Military History. OCLC 10913875. Retrieved 18
September 2014.
This secondary source was an excellent resource for information regarding the
huge effort that went into the Manhattan Project.