Truman's Decision to Deploy the Atomic Bomb-acting on Available Information: the Use of National Archives Primary Source Documents to Look Back in History-a Pursuit of Inquiry

Copies of primary source records from National Archives selected during a research project provide information about the Japanese Empire. Learn about the Japanese military from documents commissioned by General Douglas MacArthur. President Truman made his decision to use the atomic bomb and end the war in the Pacific during WWII. The copied documents from National Archives are featured along with lesson plans for use in United States high school history courses.