Overall, the work is worth reading and is recommendable for students and scholars with interest in the Truman administration, atomic warfare and weapons, the second world war, relations between the US and the Soviet, and those curious of knowing the reasons that led to Truman’s decision to use two atomic bombs on
The reason they say that Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs was so that they could try to get ahead of the Soviet Union. Gar Alperovitz is one of the most popular advocators for this reason. He stated that Truman dropped the bombs to demonstrate the power of America, and so that Russia could not enter the war to get new territorial acquisitions. If the Soviet Union was allowed to enter the war, then they could get some of the Japanese assets in China, which would have favored Russia greatly. Alperovitz’s conclusion was that Truman did this “to convince the Russians to accept the American plan for a stable peace”(Harry).
The United States’ order to drop the pair of nuclear bombs was debated until logical conclusions were presented. The decision to finally deploy the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second-World-War era. America needed to show that they ruled the world stage, and they needed to make Russia more manageable. In addition, the atomic bomb was not required to win the war, displaying that the United States exploited the war as an excuse to show their force and power to other countries on the world stage.
After WW2 ended there were two major superpowers in the world that included the U.S and Russia (also referred to as the soviet union). To help you better understand communism and Capitalism and why they don’t go together very well let's look at the political views in the world today. Socialism- Socialism is a concept that individuals should not have ownership of land, capital (money), or industry, but rather the whole community collectively owns and controls property, goods, and production. Ideally, in this system all share equally in work and the fruits of their labor.
The secretary of state was worried about Russia’s post war activities, and expressed concern about the Russian troops moving into Hungary and Romania. Stinson claims “Using the atomic bomb now, would prevent a future war and the bomb from ever being used again.” It suggests that using the bomb as a show of force would serve as a deterrent and prevent future wars while guarding the destructive power from ever being used in war again. The use of the atomic bomb was compelled by the notion that it would serve as a powerful deterrent, potentially preventing future conflicts and saving countless lives. The source is several debates on whether Japan would have surrendered without the atomic bombs, whilst also exploring if the U.S. had ulterior motives in the use of the atomic bombs.
The United States should have dropped the atomic bomb on Japan because it would show how capable they are to the world. A scientist, Leo Szilard, had a meeting with James Byrnes who was one of President Truman’s advisors. According to Leo Szilard, James Byrnes had concern over the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was expanding their influence in Asia and Europe, but he does not want that to happen. He believes that if they bomb Japan, then they might impress the Soviet Union.
The decision to drop atomic bombs was not just a strict military measure to to force japan to unconditionally surrender, but was a diplomatic measure to intimidate the Soviet Union.
During the war, The soviets and Americans fought as allies together, however relations between them fell apart at the end. Some historians would argue that the bombing of hiroshima was to show the soviets that America now had a powerful nuclear weapon. Soon, more and more countries began to get atomic weapons, so fears of nuclear war began to arouse because everyone was starting to have atom
We all need to rise up against the British, we need all of the loyalists to turn their backs on the Crown as well. They think they have a legitimate reason to rule over our colonies, I repeat OUR colonies. They do not have any right over us like they believe they should. God gave us rights as men that can not be taken away and that’s all Britain is trying to do. One reason as to why we should uprise is so that we can form a unitary government, another is so we can finally have a representative in Parliament, and finally is because the king has denied us a voice and recognized us a the a union of states.
As to better understand every argument I am going to give, we have to keep in mind that I am a 21 years old girl student from the middle class living and studying in France. My mother is french and my father is an algerian science teacher living in France too. I like sports, music, arts and I am also ideologist and politicaly involved War is over and after experiencing the opression of the nazi regime and the atrocities of war, I am full of expectations and ideas. Thus, which side, which bloc, which ideology would more likely meet my expectations ?
Communism is a system in which the leader of that country holds power over all the country. In which can benefit some of the citizens such as the citizens that come from the lowest class have the opportunity to rise up. The citizens that come from a high class would be brought down so that everyone is in the middle class and everybody has the equal qualities. In order for communism to work the leader has to right to by the “owner” of everybody is owns a business. Also, communism was created by Karl Marx who believed that countries should be classless and stateless.
It means if I would have been in stalins position I would have ushered in the damn utopia instead of the genocidal massacres because i understand the doctrine of marxism and everything about me is good. Think again sunshine! You dont understand it! And youre not that good! And if the power was in your hands, assuming you had the competence, which you don’t, you wouldn’t have done any better, and even if you had, there would have been someone else waiting right behind you to shoot you the first time you actually tried to do anything good.
The US put politics over the lives of civilians. And this was a move that ultimately failed anyway and led to the Cold War. The use of the atomic bomb was completely uncharacteristic for a country that puts such a high value on
This meant that America’s decision of dropping the bomb had also threatened the Soviets and warned them to watch their steps. Hence, the Soviets are away from any clever steps that can provoke America’s military strength and their willingness of dropping the
"But it is hard to imagine how the U.S. government could have prevented a Communist victory short of getting involved in a massive military intervention, which would have been risky, unpopular, and expensive"(Tindall 964). "The discovery of the Soviet bomb in 1949 triggered an intense reappraisal of the strategic balance of power in the world, causing Truman in 1950 to order the construction of a hydrogen bomb, a weapon far more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, lest the Soviets make one first"(Tindall 964). The onset of the cold war the ideology drove more of the Soviet behavior. "American 's traditional commitment to democtatic capitalism, political self determination, and religious freedom conflicted with the Soviet Union 's preference for spheres of influence on its periphery, totalitarianism at home, and state mandated atheism"(Tindall 970). Kennan stressed that U.S. needed to be responses to the Soviet adventurism.
