A People’s War? Excerpted from Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, 1999.

Questions to answer on a separate sheet of paper:

1. How was WW2 “a war inside the nation?”

2. What evidence does Zinn give that it was not a “people’s war?”

3. What happened at Dresden? Do you agree/disagree with this decision-why so?

4. What was/were the justification(s) for the atomic bombs?

5. How might a historian question the comment from the US Strategic bombing Survey about Japan’s willingness to surrender?

6. What was the sticking point for the Japanese in regards to unconditional surrender?

7. How, according to Zinn, was the atomic bomb used as a weapon not against the Japanese to end the war, but as a weapon or threat against the Russians?

8. Why does Zinn question the dropping of the second bomb vehemently?

9. Copy down the quote from AJ Muste then tell me your thoughts about this quote.

10. Was a “permanent war economy” part of the post ww2 era? If so, to what extent? And do you think this was done purposefully by our government? How might it relate to President Trump’s rhetoric today?

11. Complete the expanded analysis on this document: audience, contest, POV, purpose.

A People’s War? Excerpted from Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, 1999.

Questions to answer on a separate sheet of paper:

1. How was WW2 “a war inside the nation?”

2. What evidence does Zinn give that it was not a “people’s war?”

3. What happened at Dresden? Do you agree/disagree with this decision-why so?

4. What was/were the justification(s) for the atomic bombs?

5. How might a historian question the comment from the US Strategic bombing Survey about Japan’s willingness to surrender?

6. What was the sticking point for the Japanese in regards to unconditional surrender?

7. How, according to Zinn, was the atomic bomb used as a weapon not against the Japanese to end the war, but as a weapon or threat against the Russians?

8. Why does Zinn question the dropping of the second bomb vehemently?

9. Copy down the quote from AJ Muste then tell me your thoughts about this quote.

10. Was a “permanent war economy” part of the post ww2 era? If so, to what extent? And do you think this was done purposefully by our government? How might it relate to President Trump’s rhetoric today?

11. Complete the expanded analysis on this document: audience, contest, POV, purpose.