Name Institution affiliation Date Political lens Socioeconomic lens

Name Institution affiliation Date

� Political lens � Socio-economic lens � Race lens � Historical Value: Ø Atrocities of war and how humanity should work in collaboration to prevent it Ø suffering brought about by war Ø Dangers of weapon and technological advancement

� The rise to power by Germany’s Nazi triggered that World War II; � The root cause of the scientific developments of the Atomic Bomb of 1945 � Due to the public pressure that mounted due to World War II � The US wanted to reduce the external pressure from the re-entry of France, Britain and other allies

� The topic is significantly importance for it shed light on how catastrophic war can be to the general public; � Many lives were lost during Japans' atomic bombing � Some of the governmental decisions can have far-reaching impacts on its citizens and the world at large – decision to bomb Japan was a primitive idea

� Bombing of the two cities impacted negatively on the country’s economical resources � Majority of the population suffered from psychological traumas � The bombing resulted in horrific casualties and devastation

� The bombing engineered increased hatred of the Japanese people toward the United States � It also contributed to racial war between western countries and far-east countries � Japan imposed ban on immigrants from the U. S. to the country

� Yes – the atrocities that were experienced in Japan are now being experienced in Syria following a prolonged civil war in the country � The war in Syria is thought to be fueled by political machineries as how it was the case in Hiroshima and Nagasaki � Same situation was experieced in Iraq following invasion of the country by America

� Yes – citizens have the right to know their country and world history at large � Knowing history and studying politics of the world is considerably importance for understanding the current affairs � Knowing the history enables the citizens to understand how to shape their political beliefs and ideologies