Historiography of the Atomic Bomb - Review

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an interpretation according to the image?

• Someone's view of the past

• Created deliberately

• Based on future predictions

• By someone who wasn't there at the time

What can uncover new evidence that contributes to research and new histories?

• Political world-view

• Time

• New documents or records

• Emphasis on social aspects

What do different historians have varying views about, which influences their approach?

• Political world-view

• Time

• What history is and how it should be researched

• New evidence

The historiography of the atomic bomb can be categorized into how many camps?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Five

Which of the following is NOT one of the camps in the historiography of the atomic bomb?

• Traditionalists

• Revisionists

• Consensus

• Modernists

Traditionalists in the historiography of the atomic bomb are also known as:

• Orthodox, Post-Revisionists

• Modernists, Post-Modernists

• Realists, Idealists

• Conservatives, Liberals

What view do Traditionalists generally accept?

• The view put forward by the Truman administration

• The view put forward by the Roosevelt administration

• The view put forward by the Eisenhower administration

• The view put forward by the Kennedy administration

Who articulated the Traditionalist view most clearly in a 1947 Harper's Magazine article?

• Henry Stimson

• Harry Truman

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

What does the Traditionalist argument assume about the use of atomic bombs against Japan?

• It was justifiable on military grounds to prevent a costly invasion of the Japanese home islands

• It was unnecessary and purely for show of power

• It was a mistake and should not have been done

• It was done to test the bombs' effectiveness

What did Winnacker describe the atomic bomb as?

• A devastating weapon

• A necessary evil

• An eminently suitable weapon

• A last resort