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The Pros And Cons Of The Atomic Bomb

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Imagine waking up to pure chaos, including some of the deadliest and most destructive weapons ever produced by mankind, and in the blink of an eye the once city you were so familiar with becomes a flattened wasteland scattered with mutilated bodies. The loud bang of the explosion soon turned into an unsettling silence with short, blood-curling, agonizing screams. This is the reality for citizens of two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I don’t agree with Harry Truman’s decision to drop the bomb, and I think it was unethical. In my opinion, I don’t think it was necessary because the Japanese were already about to quit. Chief of Staff for President Truman Admiral William E. Leahy states,” At present a surrender of Japan can be arranged with terms that can be accepted by Japan and that will make fully satisfactory provisions for America's defense against future trans-Pacific aggression.” This statement is from a close advisor to the President who is aware of all the factors that went with Truman’s decision and still agrees that it was a wrong decision. …show more content…

Michihiko Hachiya, Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician,” The heat finally became too intense to endure... Those who could flee; those who could not perish...Hiroshima was no longer a city but a burned-over prairie.” This quote is very powerful because it shows how intense the bomb truly was. A bomb that is powerful and can flatten a whole city should not be used lightly or even at all. Many innocent civilians get brutally injured or even killed because of these bombs. Not just the bomb itself, but the building that it brought crashing down and the gas it unleashed that is harmful to a

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Firstly, Truman had to look into the different options of attack. One option would be to blockade Japan into surrender. Blockade would not work as this tactic, used in Germany failed and Germany did not surrender until action was brought into Germany itself. Another option was also one used in Germany, to bomb Japan’s munitions industries.

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But he had no compelling reason to do so. The bomb provided a promising way to bring about a prompt Japanese surrender without the disadvantages of other alternatives, and in Truman’s mind, its use did not require a lengthy consideration” (Walker pg. 96). After the bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, people decided that the bombs were actually required. The people thought that if the bombs weren’t dropped, thousands of American lives would have died while America invaded Japan. The problem with this logic is that many people died in those bombings.

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Walker does not just take the reader on a tour of the decision-making process of President Truman and shows what made him to order the use of Atomic bombs on Japan, but he also provide an exploration of the historical situation that prompted the decision. He also examines the viewpoint of the Japanese, not only regarding the impact of the bombings on their ultimate decision to surrender, but also how their Allies called for an unconditional surrender. This call could possibly have led to the Japanese Emperor, Hirohito, being tried on counts of war crimes, which may have possibly made the Japanese to be reluctant on surrendering even in light of a crushing defeat (Huczko). Samuel Walker also provides useful insights into contribution made by the decision to use Atomic weapons on Japanese decision to surrender.

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There is ample evidence to support the position that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary in the surrender of Japan. It is seen that President Harry S. Truman had three reasons to proceed with the bombing. First, he assumed that the bomb would bring an end to the war. Second, Truman believed that the bomb would keep the USSR out of Asia. Lastly, he thought that dropping the bombs would be a way to test America’s new technology and observe the effects footnote 1.

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According to the text, “Hiroshima is no longer a city but a burned-over prairie. To the east and to the west everything was flattened. In addition, this shows the overwhelming sense of loss and devastation Michihiko Hachiya and the survivors felt. This evidence shows that the dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not justified because the atomic bombings had a devastating psychological impact on the survivors. (Document F)

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Not only did the bomb kill thousands of people, houses and buildings got burned down, causing so many to be poor and homeless. Before the U.S. dropped the bomb on the Japanese, Japanese was already losing in the war and was ready to surrender. In the document 2 it states, “The use of the barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender…” This text proves that the Japanese was already about to surrender.

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(Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki). The bomb killed eighty thousand people instantly. Radiation exposure killed tens of thousands more. The bomb destroyed ninety percent of one of Japan’s biggest cities in an instant. Therefore, the event that occurred at Hiroshima was a huge shock to the

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Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 6, 1945. This decision has caused a great deal of controversy and debate among historians, political leaders, and the public at large. This essay will analyze President Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan, examine its historical background, key players involved in the decision, and the effects of the decision on the world. It will also explore various perspectives on this issue, offering a well-argued analysis of the pros and cons of this decision. First, let’s look at the historical context surrounding President Truman’s decision to launch the first atomic bomb.

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Truman and the Atomic Bomb Harry Truman, the 33rd president of the USA, made the decision to use the first atomic bombs on Japan in an effort to end WWII. After many years of war, Japan and the US both refused to surrender and had they continued to fight, there’s no telling how long the war would have lasted. This was a piece of information that Truman considered whilst making the decision on what his next move was. Eventually he decided to drop the atomic bombs, despite not having a way to accurately estimate the consequences it would have. Truman knew that Japan wouldn’t surrender unless there were consequences to continuing the war, so he put the necessary circumstances in order to push Japan to surrender.

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The use of the atomic bomb when strategically compared to a land invasion, in fact prevented the loss of any U.S. soldiers lives, as well as the death of many Japanese citizens. Excerpts from “Three Narratives of our Humanity” by John W, debates whether or not the nuclear bombing was necessary to shock the Japanese into surrender and describes how the Japanese recall the war through a lens of their own victimization. An excerpt claims, “it is argued that the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima was necessary to shock the Japanese to surrender”. This presents a compelling argument supporting the ethicality of the bombings through its logical and strategic worth.

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Stimson’s memoir also discusses that in order to create and preserve peace, the complete destruction and surrender of Japan was necessary. This was one of three major reasons why the United States’ decision was the right

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