Essays and Research Papers on U.S. History (1900s)

A 10 page research paper based on Daniels' detailed account of how thousands of Japanese Americans were interned in camps during World War II because they were mistakenly viewed as a threat to national security. Daniels shows that there was not any real reasons for this action other ones based on racial prejudice.

4 pages in length. Examining the way in which dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima influenced cultural memory of Japan and the United States requires one to look at the event from two entirely different perspectives. America felt justified in doing so if it meant bringing an end to battle; Japan took it ...

A 14 page overview of the events leading up to the Japanese bombing of Pearly Harbor and the long term response of the United States. By bombing Pearl Harbor the Japanese invoked not only the military might of the United States but also her political and economic power. That one act would ensure ...

In five pages this paper examines why the Japanese had no choice but to attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and considers how propaganda was used to influence the thoughts and feelings of the people in support of this effort. Ten sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 3 page paper outlines the role MacArthur played in transforming postwar Japan. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6 page paper looks to the events which pre-empted the War between Japan and the US in the Second World War. The events start in 1938 with the support of China and end in Pearl Harbour. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 6 page paper outlines the brutal conditions that POWs were subject to in Japan. Details of horrific experiments are provided. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the different events that lead to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Americans. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

A 5 page research paper that discusses the “reverse course” in US policy towards Japan that characterizes the US occupation after World War II. The writer also provides sociological background to this period. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page overview of U.S./Japanese relations since her 1854 abandonment of the seclusionist policies that had been so detrimental to her socioeconomic growth, an abandonment that had occurred largely as a result of the insistence of U.S. Commodore Perry. The author contends that Japan and the U.S. alike have gained more from their ...

A 5 page critique of the contentions presented in this book concerning the relative value of internal verses battlefield planning which occurred between the latter years of the nineteenth century through the years of World War II. Examines the author’s categorization of military strategists into the categories of realists, adventurists, cautionaries, and thrusters. ...

A 5 page paper examining the reasoning behind the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan during World War II. The writer concludes that this was a senseless move on the part of the United States given that Germany had already surrendered and Japan was on the verge of collapse. Bibliography lists ...

A 5 page research paper that draws on a book that presents primary documents from the era. The cause of the War in the Pacific during World War II between the United States and Japan is typically attributed simply to the surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. However, ...

This 4 page paper looks at the influences in California during the post World war Two years and during the cold war era. The paper considers how this factors, including technical expertise and Hollywood combined with external influences such as the situation in Japan, so that internationalisation was accelerated. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This paper examines the factors that led up to why the United States dropped the atom bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. The paper examines both sides of the issue; Japan's refusal to surrender unconditionally, as well a the United States' unwillingness to prolong a bloody war. Bibliography ...

A 4 page research paper that investigates the propaganda produced in Japan and the US during World War II. During World War II, both the US and Japan engaged in heavy propaganda campaigns that promoted their own particular racial views on the conflict. The propaganda produced by both countries was geared to patterns of racial ...

A 3 page review of the tragic consequences of the U.S. dropping of the A-Bomb on Hiroshima Japan as suffered by six specific survivors. First published in 1946, this book was updated some forty years later to include a chapter updating how the lives of six of the individuals the author spotlighted in his ...

5 page review of Herbert Feis' book 'The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II.' Central to discussion is the idea that the U.S. did not necessarily 'have' to explode atomic weapons over Japan in order to end the conflict. Approximately 4 extra sources are listed and cited in bibliography.

A paper which looks at John Dower’s account of the development of post-war Japan, in terms of the country’s recovery from the war, the years of American colonial occupation, and the ways in which Japanese and American cultural perspectives conflicted as the nation moved towards a new kind of sovereignty.

3 pages in length. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were wholly unjustified because of the number of innocent lives taken, the impact upon people who survived the bombings, as well as the economic hardship Japan experienced in the aftermath. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 10 page paper provides an overview of Australia's contributions to World War II. World War II was marked by two distinct and divided segments: the land war against Germany and Adolph Hitler, and the Pacific war, in which Japan battled aptly to secure countries like Singapore. Countries like Australia, a British ...

A 5 page contention that the primary reason behind the use of atomic bombs in Japan, however, was to effect a speedy end to the bloody ravages of the War. Indeed, Japan provided a number of actions which justified the final desperate U.S. act of the deployment of atomic bombs. While this bombing ...

This 7 page paper discusses the impact of Pearl Harbor and how the Americans responded to this unprecidented event. Specifically, this paper discusses America's military response and how this affected Japan in terms of their military and economy. Bibliograpy lists 9 sources.

A 5 page paper that provides an overview of post-1945 imperialism in Japan. This paper demonstrates the reasons for US imperialism, the influences that the US involvement had on Japan and the relationship that developed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

7 pages in length. The writer offers a comprehensive look at both sides of the historical argument. Bibliography lists 7 sources.