, highlighting that he believed without the use of atomic weapons, the Cold War was not an inevitability. Despite the pre-existing tensions between East and West, the use of atomic weaponry amplified the Soviet’s paranoia causing Stalin to authorise ‘a crash Soviet program to catch up’ , signifying the start of the Cold War which would shape the course of the twentieth century. A key significance of the use of atomic weapons in 1945 was the ethical implications that using such weaponry held. As Stalin stated ‘war is barbaric, but using the A-bomb is superbarbarity’ . Stalin’s view is supported by Admiral D Leahy, who in his memoirs writes ‘we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages’ This quote holds a substantial amount of weight to my argument due to Admiral D Leahy’s position as Roosevelt and Truman’s chief of staff, it would be expected for a man of such status to hold a view in support of America’s actions.
It is not acceptable to go beyond legal, moral, and/or ethical boundaries when the nation is at a risky time of war, but only on certain conditions. Some issues discussing this are the neutralism of U.S., the Executive Order #9066 declared by FDR, and the decision to drop the bomb. These issues greatly impacted America’s standing in the world and history immensely. It was recorded into history for the mistakes that we did and the damage we caused. The U.S. struggled with each issue and did what they thought was right, even if damage was caused.
He asserts that this country is maligned, and is frequently held as a villain by the world. America definitely has critics from without, as well as within. They state that this empire doesn’t do anything unless it is to its benefit. Claims are made that it only pursues naked self -interest (D’Souza 286). Opponents say that the Americans only purpose for entering the gulf war was to protect its access to gulf oil.
Model Essay Student’s Name Section Number Why the Atomic Bombs Saved Japan. The decision to use nuclear weapons to stop the War in the Pacific by President Harry S. Truman in August, 1945 remains controversial to this day. Most of Truman’s critics, the so-called revisionist historians, argue that Japan wanted to surrender and had already been defeated, making the use of atomic bombs unnecessary. They say the bombs were used mainly to demonstrate America’s power to intimidate the Soviet Union. The historians who support Truman, sometimes called the traditionalists, agree that Japan had been defeated but argue that Japan was not ready to surrender and was, in fact, preparing for one last great battle that would have cost millions of lives.
However, the reasons for US involvement in Korea can’t be explained simply by their interests in Japan. The USA was anti-appeasement as appeasement had failed in the past and they had learnt their lesson from World War 2. Kim in North Korea reminded the USA of Hitler, as Hitler could never be appeased and invaded anyway, just like Kim did when North Korea attacked the South. Also, Containment was part of US foreign policy in 1950, where Communism had to be contained to stop it spreading. This was similar to the Domino Theory
Communism is horrible because the government controls every move you make and you have no say in what happens in your life. Such as no right to vote, no freedom of speech, no right to a fair trial, etc. This is what the United States was trying to protect South Vietnam from. Communists used terrorism, murdered and subversion to destabilize countries. Just this alone was a just cause for the United States to get involved in the Vietnam War.
The principles of The Just War Tradition stress that a Just War must be the last resort, attempting all other possible strategies before using such force. Someone in high power is the only one who is allowed to wage a war; the source must be legitimate. A just war can only be fought with a reasonable chance of success. The reasoning behind a war must not be revenge, instead, the war must result in peace; the peace that would’ve been kept had the war never begun. The injuries inflicted in the war must fit the violence that was displayed; assuring that unnecessary force was not used.
Laos was threatened by Communist insurgents and Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia had renounced aid from the US and demanded neutrality in any further conflicts. Left-wing insurgents were threatening Thailand and the British were having similar issues in dealing with threats in Malaysia and Borneo. Sukarno. Leader of Indonesia, had started to show an interest in the Indonesian communist party, much to the ire of America. While the more sophisticated of the US advisers realised that the domino theory was too simplistic in an increasingly non-linear world, split not just by ideology but also historically through ethnic and nationalist conflict, this didn't mean that the USSR and China would exploit any weakness shown by the USA.
Military Draft I think the military draft will be unjust for this country. A military draft would inhibit the success of the U.S. military and the military draft legislation. The military draft would inhibit the success of the military because the U.S. military relies on quality rather than quantity of people. According to Jonathan Schwitzer, editor of the Johns Hopkins News-Letter, a draft will lead to anti-American sentiment and unpatriotic behavior among those who oppose the draft or the war as it did during the Vietnam conflict. The draft will divide the nation -- see Vietnam -- and the last thing the United States needs during a time of war is a people divided, says Roger Mundy, editor of the Daily Oakland Press.
All previous wars that Americans were part of could actually be traced back to the actual cause of the war in the first place (Peter). During the time of the Vietnam War, the media began to give the movement a fiercer stance against the war because people were able to see actual war footage. It can be said that if other wars Americans were involved in leaked actual war footage, there would have been a stronger stance taken against those wars as well. The Vietnam War was dissimilar to other wars because there was no actual prompt or threat that could have harmed the American people. The government wanted to continue its firm engagement against communalism.