Truman Involvement In Ww2

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One interesting feature of Liberalism is the potentially peace-promoting effect of cooperation. A peaceful conflict resolution might be possible through negotiations and compromises. The United States is a democracy, and democratic leaders who fight a war are hold responsible for the costs and benefits of the war, President Truman was aware of that. The United States declared war on Japan because Japan had attacked the U.S. by bombing Pearl Harbor. Cooperation was not really seen as an option at that time. But to end a war, cooperation could have been a possible alternative to the bombs. President Truman did not explore alternatives to using the bomb, such as investigating the seriousness of Japanese peace initiatives, moderating the demand

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