After multiple ideas along with deep thought, Truman along with the chiefs decided the most efficient, least costly and less bloody approach would to be dropping the atomic bombs on the Japanese home land. The essay states “evidence points to the conclusion that he acted for the reason he said he did: to end a bloody war that would have become even bloodier had invasion proved necessary” pg 175 Readings in United States History. The writer’s purpose of this essay is to educate the readers about the difficulty of this decision. I believe the writer did a fine job explaining the whole process. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing are two greatly important milestones in the United States history, and the essay “The Biggest Decision: Why We Had to Drop the Bomb,” by Robert James Maddox is a perfect essay to be read over and discussed in a class like this.
On August 9th, three days later, Japan still hadn’t said they surrendered and the USA dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing 50,000. The term justified in this context means the dropping of the bombs were reasonable and fair. Different views on the dropping of the atomic bombs exist because there are arguments for and against it. Someone’s interpretation and opinion is affected by factors like their age, country, family and peer’s views, and their own morals. I will be looking at two views: They are both justified, or that none are justified.
Truman: A Contemporary Dark Prince Diego Regin Cowell Core Course 80B Dena Robertson November 30, 2011 Diego Regin 1 Truman: A Contemporary Dark Prince Harry Truman’s tactical decisions and presidential undertaking can be considered to reflect certain Machiavellian principles, primarily by his decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The archival material declassified by the White House clearly shows the intentions of the government, which, although not meant to, implements very heavy Machiavellian ideals. Gal Alperovitz’s article, Hiroshima: Historians: Reassess, provides many arguments and counter-arguments concerning the decision to drop the bombs; he ultimately appears to depict Truman as having Machiavellian tendencies. However, this may have simply been Truman’s ability to make tactical decision under pressure. Regardless, it appears as if Harry Truman used Machiavelli’s idea that an initial intense trauma would quickly end any type of rebellion; in Truman’s case, the Japanese.
These feeling are expressed in the story about Rat Kiley's letter, with which the chapter is started - with his feelings of grief about loss and final «cooze», because he was not written back and he could not cope with his loss. His pain is shown in the shoking story of shooting baby buffalo. However, all these stories might have never happened, the soldiers were fighting the war and facing blood, troops and losses, struggling because of their youth and immaturity, fear that cannot be ignored about war. This terrible experience of war is the only truth that author wants to make the readers understand in his
For example the part that catch me thinking and still linger in my mind is the wounded horses in chapter 4. The reason why because something about animals involved in war is not good and also disturbing. Also the screaming of a horse somehow feels worse than the screaming of a man. In my opinion of the novel is that its very vivid details and very intense and it’s a good novel to read. Also this novel teaches us how soldiers live and the way there lifestyle is in the
This power was focused into the form of a bomb. This bomb would define life for everyone on the earth for the nearly the next 60 years. Although people feared the power of the atomic bomb and later the hydrogen bomb it was a necessary step in the advancement of the scientific understanding of the universe. The main catalyst for the building of the atomic bomb is a letter written to president Franklin D. Roosevelt by the famous physicist Albert Einstein (1). Einstein wrote this letter after learning of the work of Austrian physicist L. Szilard on nuclear fission.
However, the deeper meanings that a true war story possesses are so powerful, they can truly touch a person. Just like O’Brien states in his story, “this one wakes me up” (295). This story really came alive to me because it helped me understand what a true war story was truly about. Like I said earlier, his stories are never about war, and this part of the story helped me realize
The United State’s decision to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 6 and August 9, 1945, has been constantly debated. Some say it was necessary to end the war. President Harry S. Truman argued that the bomb was completely necessary to end the war. It was a speedy end to the war and it saved lives. It was argued that to wait for the Japanese to surrender would have cost many lives.
Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki William H*****. HIS/120 January 9, 2014 Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki One of the most controversial issues of the twentieth century is the decision by President Truman to use the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In doing so he may have saved millions of lives but he ushered in the start of the nuclear age that still casts its shadow. Even today we are still unable to agree to nuclear disarmament. The decision was mostly political; about the reaction of the Japanese and the Russians.
Harry Truman ended World War II with using the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan hoping they would surrender and save lives. After this he faced problems with the Soviet Union and the spread of communism. Truman helped Congress in the formation of the United Nations, and issued the Truman Doctrine to cease communism. Truman created NATO and oversaw the Berlin Airlift during the Cold War. 2.