On August 6, 1945, the U.S. made history with a fatal blow to the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended WWII. To this day there is a controversy on whether the dropping of the atomic bomb, ordered by President Harry S. Truman, was justified or not, but in fact, it was. Thousands of Japanese would perish, but this act would, in turn, saved American lives and end the war. Throughout various battles, the Japanese consistently crossed lines of ethics of warfare, and in an attempt to bring justice and an end to the war Truman put forth a plan to bomb Japan. President Truman warned Japan of the upcoming attack and gave demands, but in the end, the Japanese denied those negotiations which led to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Cold War was an icy rivalry that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II. This rivalry first developed because the two conflicting nations had different ideas of successful economies. The United States believed that capitalism, in which private owners control trade and industry was more efficient than Communism, in which the state or government control trade and industry. In addition, many of the events that occurred at The Yalta Conference played a significant role in the cause of this era of competition that lasted from 1947 to 1991. At Yalta, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed that Poland’s government would include members of the pre-war Polish government and that free elections would be held
The United States strongly opposed communist policies and in turn made an active effort to dispose of the Soviet Union’s Communist influence. This led to the Truman Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine was a legal document written in 1947 that stated America would liquify federal assets to aid any country that might be subject to
In 1939, Germany invaded Poland starting WWII. At first, the United States remained neutral; however, the U.S. was upset that Japan disrupted the Open Door Policy. The U.S. responded by freezing Japan’s assets and cutting off oil. On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the U.S. into war. After years of fighting, President Truman decided to drop the bomb on Japan.
President Truman’s decision to use atomic weapons on Japan was justified because it put an end to a horrific war, saved millions, and sprung the United States armed forces. The first piece of evidence supporting the claim is how the decision made by President Truman to use atomic weapons on Japan was rightfully justified because of the Japanese war mentality. President Truman's decision was justified because the fighting in the Pacific showed that the Japanese would do anything they could to win the war, they had men purposefully ceasing themselves for the country, and held brutal camps for American prisoners of war as we learned in class, and would do anything to win the war. One piece of evidence supporting the claim “against those who have
In 1947 the British announced that they are no longer able to support the pro western governments of the mediterranean in their fight against communism. If the United States could not take up the burden the whole region was in danger of falling under communist rule. The Truman administration respond decisively. March 12th 1947, the president went before a joint session of congress to request aid for the countries of Greece and Turkey. The address sent a clear message to the soviet union.
Truman’s decision to bomb Japan was right for many reasons. One piece of evidence that shows Truman made the right decision is when Japan captured our American troops and kept them as prisoners, they beat and starved them and even went as far as executing them, he talks about this in his radio report to the American people. " against those who have starved and beaten and executed American prisoners of war" (DocF). A second piece of evidence that shows Truman made the right decision is he was just trying to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans. He talks about both of these pieces of evidence in his radio to the American people. "
The President Truman Harry Truman was born on May 8, 1884 in the house of farmer in Missouri and was the eldest among all of his siblings. Harry Truman completed his study until the high school and had not attended the college life, after which he had done various jobs as a clerk, time keeper and a farmer. Truman appeared in World War one as a volunteer and after coming back from the war he got married in 1919 in and had started a business. With the declining American’s economy his business was lost after which he performed the judicial task as an administrative judge. Truman was elected as a 33rd president after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1944.
Truman’s Policy of “Containment” was made in March 1947.Truman’s Policy had economic, cultural, and political aspects. The Political aspect of his policy was the Truman Doctrine which said that the United States of America would support free peoples who are resisting subjugation by armed minorities or by outside forces or pressures. The cultural aspect of this doctrine was the freedom and choice government versus totalitarian and no choice government, so pretty much, you never got to choose anything and you were forced to do the things that the Soviet Union wanted you to do. Then lastly the economic aspect of this doctrine was the Marshall Plan which said that it would prevent countries from falling to communists and it would aid the Americans. The Marshall Plan also gave $17 billion to 16 countries(not the soviet union).
Truman wanted to believe that we can support people in any country, he believed that everyone should be free to do what they wanted to do with in the laws. During World War two he was under pressure to decide if we were going to help. He wanted to help Greece and Turkey out and give them rights as citizens. He didn’t want to see the Soviet Union expand any further then it was. He wanted provide assistance to turkey and to Greece.
In the election of 1944, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt ran against Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey. Truman gained the opportunity to become the new vice presidential candidate for the Democratic party after Roosevelt let Henry A. Wallace go. Wallace’s liberal views went against much-needed support for Roosevelt’s campaign from conservative democrats. Thanks to his time as a senator, Truman was a favorable candidate for Vice President. The Democrats won the election and Roosevelt was inaugurated on January 20th, 1945 for his fourth term as President.
Despite the slogan proclaimed in Truman's speech about "the US support of free people in their struggle against armed minorities or external pressure,"(Containment and the Cold War: American foreign policy since 1945, the US support was, depending on the region, more or less. In addition, it should be noted that the permission of these free peoples to use military force to protect their freedom was not always asked. In general, it should be noted that Europe was the priority region for deterrence policy. From the point of view of strategic and economic importance, Europe stood in the first place.
During the cold war was an period of time were the United states and the Soviet union did not agree on things, like communism. The policy of containment was when the United states tried different things and many strategies to stop the spread of communism (Ayers 819). Eisenhower was all for the military aid and he wanted to cooperate with other countries. President Truman was one of the presidents after the Cold War who wanted to stop the spread of communism as well as Eisenhower and Kennedy.
Truman presented to congress, an American policy that would limit and contain the communist powers of the world, specifically the USSR(Frazier 3). This plan was originally created for the spread of communist control in Greece and Turkey. The Doctrine was originally supposed to, as Truman stated in his 1947 speech in a congressional joint session, “be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes. ”(Frazier 12) This piece of legislature was very helpful in the countering of communist power in Eastern Europe.
Introduction Since a long time ago power has been very important, although it has been perceived differently by different scholars. Realist believe that According to Morgenthau, 1978 Power is the ability to make somebody do something that they would otherwise not do. Disequilibrium of power might at times lead to competitive arms races and wars, and a stable balance of power could prevent war. According to Claude, 1962 and Walt, 1987, the central measure of power in the security context is derived from military capabilities assessed in either offensive or defensive terms. The traditional understanding of power views it as a means to an end though the quest for power can also become an end in and of itself, regardless of the reasons for attaining
