Was the United States correct in 1945 when it became the first (and only) nation to use atomic weapons against Japan at the end of World War 2? I believe that it was the right thing to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.My position is correct because when Japan bombed the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7th, 1941 more than 2,300 Americans died. The president didn't have any choice but to bomb both Hiroshima and Nagasaki since those who attacked the Pearl Harbor without warning.
didn’t depend upon the threat of instant U.S. retaliation to deter an enemy attack?” Ronald Reagan; 1983 In his speech of March 23, 1983, President Reagan presented his vision of a future where a Nation’s security did not rest upon the threat of nuclear retaliation, but on the ability to protect and defend against such attacks. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) research program was designed to tell whether, and how, advanced defense technologies could contribute to the feasibility of this vision
The “Drive Thru” Consumerism Of The 1950’s In Eric Schlosser’s 2001 piece, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, he examines the rise of the fast food industry in the 1950’s as it was associated with the rampant consumerism of the era and shows how this led to the fast food industry becoming one of the most unethical, manipulative, and greedy industries that ever existed. Schlosser shows how fast food corporations, through mass appealing advertising, were able to manipulate
conflict by being prepared, as it is the most effective means necessary of preserving peace. Owing to nuclear weapons the world is prepared. The precise thing that can cause our annihilation is preventing it from occurring due to nuclear weapons being instrumental in reversing the long, seemingly inexorable trend in modernity toward deadlier and deadlier conflicts. By no means do I derogate nuclear weapons but they
and completely unnecessary. Those authors are Hitoshi Nagai, who is one of the most influential Japanese philosophers and in addition, teaches philosophy at Nihon University. Additionally, there is Samuel J. Walker a Former historian of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Furthermore, there is William J Beshears who was a writer for The Atlanta Journal –
There exists a weapon so powerful and destructive that it strikes fear into the hearts of all human beings. It turns the earth to glass and vaporizes people where they stand. This weapon is the nuclear missile, and it needs to be banned before it’s too late. Born out of necessity, nuclear weapons were created at a time when the United States required a means of delivering a quick and decisive final blow to its enemy, Japan, in World War II. The creation of these weapons of mass destruction set forth
about the futuristic post nuclear war, which is called the Nuclear Winter, and it is certainly believed to be possibly realistic. In ‘The Portable Phonograph’, the environment and humanity become silent and cold; the climate drastically turns severe while the society becomes small and trustworthy between people disappears. Otherwise, ‘How to Survive Nuclear Winter’ depicts conspicuously the scenery of Nuclear Winter and gives reliable ways and details to overcome after a Nuclear war. Based on the story
As a nation, America was not ready to handle, morally or emotionally, the reality of living in a nuclear age. In an attempt to soothe the uneasy minds of the public, the government made speeches and rolled out campaigns, which included the “duck and cover” drills and building of fall-out shelters. However, there was confusion from the very people in
opposing governments have almost gotten the rest of the world caught up in full scale nuclear war because of their differences and because of the inability to coexist peacefully. There were three major false alarms in the Cold War that almost turned it into a “Hot War”. The three factors that prevented nuclear war in these events are role of politics/diplomacy, lines of communication, and the very threat of nuclear war. A battle between different beliefs– capitalism versus communism – (took place
Since the Dawn of Humanity, countless wars have emerged out from the face of the Earth. Bickering tribes fought, clans crushed their rivals, great kingdoms rose against each other, and nations invaded one another. While some of the blood spilled are proven to be inevitable, many of the wars were completely unnecessary. They were just the product of mutual hatred from both sides and the greed for land and power. The world has suffered enough from the two great conflicts of the past, WWI and WWII,