Research - Atomic Bomb in 1945 & Foreign Diplomacy

Hi,

I am currently working on a paper, 20-25 pages, to focus around the development and usage of the atomic bomb in 1945 and it's effects on the Truman administrations views towards foreign diplomacy as related to the origins of the Cold War.

I am having trouble developing my thesis...

It needs to address these questions:
How did Truman and other top officials (Stimson, Byrnes, Forestall, etc) view the bomb in regards to foreign diplomacy?
How did the bomb play into the origins of the cold war?
Why was the bomb used?

I plan on covering the Manhattan project, Roosevelt to Truman, Secrecy, interactions between the Soviet Union and the U.S. towards WWII end, and Soviet Containment as an idea.

Any feedback on sources and my thesis would be much appreciated! Thanks!

My recommendation is that you should discuss this issue with someone who is currently studying or has studied history before. Then, write a draft and bring it here... :)

It's well known that atomic bomb is the most dangerous bomb . It is able to kill a lot of people simultaneously . From my point of view , in the past , atomic bomb used to sway countries .

Okay, search your library database for truman and atomic. That will get you quite a lot of awesome articles. Here is the trick: forget these questions for now, and just write a few paragraphs about the MAIN IDEA of each article. If you do that, you'll have a lot of meaningful ideas. You will soon be able to easily answer those prompt questions, but for now just start writing paragraphs about the main ideas of some articles.

;-)

Awesome trick! Thanks Kevin :)