Understanding history is crucial to the way our modern society operates on an economic and political level. One of the greatest controversies of recent history displayed itself in the form of World War Two, in which hundreds of thousands of men and women around the globe were killed in unimaginably horrible ways. The political issues behind this major war are widespread. However, one particular aspect of the war, which has become especially popular today, is the nuclear development of the time. One of the United States’ many enemies was the Empire of Japan. After nearly four years of bloody fighting and gory hand to hand combat, the Japanese forces came to a grinding halt after two revolutionary weapons of mass destruction were put to use in mass populated areas in
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Paul Fussell, a renowned modern historian, reported the perspectives that people had on nuclear warfare in his 1981 article titled “Thank God for the Atomic Bomb.” The result of dropping two nuclear warheads into Japan was a casualty rate close to
Paul Fussell, a renowned modern historian, reported the perspectives that people had on nuclear warfare in his 1981 article titled “Thank God for the Atomic Bomb.” The result of dropping two nuclear warheads into Japan was a casualty rate close to