The Atomic Bomb John D. Krause American History 212 Dr. Matthew McCabe December 10, 2009 On August 2, 1939, just before the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote to then President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Einstein told Roosevelt of efforts in Nazi Germany to purify U-235, which might in turn be used to build an atomic bomb. It was shortly thereafter that the United States began the Manhattan Project. Simply put, the Manhattan Project was committed to expedient research and production of a viable atomic bomb. Needless to say, the atomic bomb has been one of the greatest sources of controversy and debate since the two bombs were detonated.
You must do what you need to do. The United States was justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Japan. What would our country be if we would have held back and not used the technology we had developed? No one knows, because the United States dropped the atomic bombs, which accomplished the ultimate goal in war; victory. Work Cited: Hersey, John.
The reality of the threat is echoed by the researchers at Los Alamos who were taking bets shortly before the bomb’s test on whether the entire state of New Mexico would be incinerated by the bomb’s successful detonation; or the possibility that the atmosphere would be ignited by the blast and “blow up” the world. What is more horrifying—stating these events with the belief that they were genuine possibilities and continuing with the test or making these statements in the context of a kind of gallows humor with no basis in reality? In this case, as well as the case of the Monitor, those involved with developing a new, technologically superior weapon were only interested in achieving their goal. The possibility of negative consequences due to the nuclear blast was given no consideration; as if the headlong charge to achieve the goal of developing the atom bomb any possible negative consequences for those living in the vicinity of the laboratory and those it would be used against were not worth
Because of Hitler’s ignorance he allowed the people who could have helped the Nazi’s and himself become the most powerful nation in the world to escape from Germany. Little did know that these refugees would aid the United States in development of the atomic boom the bomb to the world, which would lead to the destruction of the Axis which is Germany and Japan. “[He] thought that it would be a mistake to disclose the existence of the bomb to the world before the government had made up its mind about how to handle the situation after the war. Using the bomb certainly said would disclose that the bomb existed” said Leo Szilard. Some people think that the United States have dropped the bombs and some say it’s very wrong what they did.
The ones who believe this, do not comprehend the many different factors in war and how the route that was chosen was best for both parties that were directly affiliated with the bombings. The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would have been fire bombed if the atomic bombs were not dropped, causing similar damage and death counts to the atomic bombs. According to Kyoko Iriye Selden, "The most influential text is Truman's 1955 Memoirs, which states that the atomic bomb probably saved half a million US lives— anticipated casualties in an Allied invasion of Japan planned for November. Stimson subsequently talked of saving one million US casualties, and Churchill of saving one million American and half that number of British lives"(1). With this amount of casualties projected, a land invasion would have trumped the death toll of D-Day.
A. Plan of Investigation Question: “The atomic bombs were necessary to end the Second World War.” To what extent do you agree with this statement?” Thesis: To a very small degree I do believe that the Atomic bomb did help put an end to WWII but to an even greater extent I do believe that the Atomic bomb was not necessary to end of the WWII. Arguments: Japanese Culture American Government Decision Making About Dropping the Atomic Bomb American and Russian Government Battle Japanese Impact of the Atomic Bomb B. Summary of Evidence 1. Japanese Culture • The Japanese people were also developing their own atomic bomb during the time of the United States and Russia.
The most notable change I believe was the increase of defense spending, which helped fuel the economy and pay for the cost of research to build nuclear weapons, jet plains, satellites, and consumer goods that were often the side products of military research. (Nash 648) Atomic nuclear weapons were first developed by America after Roosevelt had heard that the German’s were researching on making an atomic bomb. The first and only time there was a nuclear war started when America bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. America had boomed Japan to put an end the war, at the end of World War II America was the only country who had nuclear war power. In response to the bombing of Japan, the Soviet Union and Communist China developed their own nuclear weapons.
We, as a country, have expanded our thoughts to include an expanded set of hazards pertaining to terrorism. These expanded hazards have generally only been a consideration of our limited special operations of our military, federal law enforcement, and intelligence communities. Post-9/11 these hazards became a new consideration, a new set of hazards. The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center’s twin towers forever set in stone a mindset that introduced these hazards as new threats and risks to our nation-New considerations for most. It wasn't the first terrorist attack we endured.
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The arms race began in 1945 when the US dropped their atomic bomb on Japan. Not only did this demonstrate the power of the USA but was the catalyst for an age of rapid weapon development, the arms race. This ended with the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963, an event that bought the superpowers dangerously close nuclear war. A number of factors other than the accumulating advancements in weaponry lead to the Cuban missile crisis, the personalities of the leaders and the national interests of each country all effected how the arms race developed, leading to the inevitable situation where the USA and USSR were left hovering over the trigger. The main aspect that lead to the Cuban missile crisis was the arms development between 1945-1963.