making. Truman and the Atomic Bomb File represents one of the instances in which unethical decision making played a role in destabilizing an economic set up founded on the rule of law and has the potential to cause chaos throughout the world. In the Atomic Bomb file, President Truman of the United States decided to drop an atomic bomb on Japanese’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki cities. The decision by the president of one of the most influential nations on earth to drop a nuclear bomb was regarded as one of
1945 the “Little Boy”, the first atomic bomb, was dropped to annihilate Hiroshima, Japan, which did its exact purpose. Also August 9, 1945 the “Fat Man”, the second atomic bomb, hit Nagasaki, Japan, leaving Nagasaki in ruins. 283,508 people survived and 6,500 children were orphaned. Both of the bombs killed thousands of people, and left people, governments, and nations with beneficial and negative after affects as in health, economic, and political. The health effect is the biggest out of the three
officially ended the tensions between itself and the United States. However before then, in August of 1945, the United States built two atomic bombs called Little Boy and Fat Man; but, they did not truly know the horrific and disastrous effects that these weapons were capable of (“The Avalon Project”). On August 6th and 9th 1945, the United States dropped these two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities: Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Little Boy and Fat Man detonated approximately 500-600 feet above the ground and
Was it necessary to drop the atomic bombs on Japan? It was a heavily debated whether or not to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, but not really cared considered by Americans. It is World War 2 Japan had lost many territories they had gained and was attacked by two atomic bombs without warning. This topic was a major part of World War two that had major consequences on Japan. It was not necessary to drop the atomic bomb on Japan because it killed innocent, Japan was on the brink to surrendering, and
terrorism as works of individuals not countries. But on August 14, 1945 the United States launched two atomic bombs that killed hundreds of thousands of civilians in Japan. The question at hand is if the usage of such devastating atomic bombs necessary. Over the years historians have argued whether or not the usage of the bombs was necessary, and if it was ethical (Kriger 1). Dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unnecessary acts of terrorism. There are four reasons as to why the
Brian K. Edwards 2/18/15 Dr. Antizzo Contempory Politic Ideologies Examining the Use of the Atomic Bomb Just to provide historical background information on the issue I am about to address I will first set the scene. On the morning of December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attacked lasted a little over two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly
The Atomic Bomb “The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing of civilians. But that attack is
Why was the US able to develop the atomic bomb first? The United States of America was able to develop 67,000 types of atomic bombs since 1951. They have achieved the greatest production of nuclear weaponry. The United States was not just successful in being a nation to construct an atomic bomb but more importantly was the first nation because of formidable events. The development of the atomic bomb was important during the onset of World War 2 (WW2) as it instilled confidence in the home country
Ch. 21: An Emerging World Power Q: What were the causes of World War I, and how did the war progress on the Western Front? (Summary of Prewar Europe, Immediate Cause of War, Progress of War, Stalemate) World War I was initially caused by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip. World War I was also the first war to have many countries that contributed to the war throughout four long and cruel years. World War I was an international conflict
development of the atomic bomb. Einstein explains to President Roosevelt the threat that an atomic bomb would pose to the United States, “In the course of the last four months it has been made probable... that it may become possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction...Now it appears almost certain that this could be achieved in the immediate future. This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable -- though much less certain -- that extremely powerful bombs of a new