Situation 1:You will assess the Canadian War Museum’s handling of a controversy that erupted over a text panel in their exhibit on the Allied strategic bombing campaign during the Second World War. In your paper you will support one of the following positions: Position A will argue that the museum was justified in changing the text of the exhibit panel in response to concerns and objections of veterans and others to the original text. Position B will argue that the museum should have stood its ground and maintained the text of the panel in question as originally worded because of its historical validity. The texts (posted or linked on Brightspace) for this position paper will be:
• CBC, “Canadian War Museum Changes Controversial Wording on WWII Bombing”
• Bothwell, Hanson, and Macmillan, “Controversy, Commemoration, and Capitulation: The Canadian War Museum and Bomber Command”
• Bercuson, “The Canadian War Museum and Bomber Command: My Perspective” 6
