The Atomic Bomb: The Cause Of The Cold War

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” (J. Robert Oppenheimer) was what was said by one of the leading scientist in the United States’ process of creating the atomic bomb. During the second World War, desperation to win and end the war led to an international rush to make the first atomic bomb. The bomb was the weapon that was thought to be the weapon and the key to winning any war. In the United States’ effort to create this atomic weapon, the Manhattan Project was founded by President Roosevelt (“The Manhattan Project”). However, for the bomb to be effective, utmost privacy was needed. No one other than those directly involved could know- not even the military, who would later utilize this weapon. Due to the fact that it could …show more content…
Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, who was an ally of the United States, was ostracized from the few leaders who knew about the Manhattan Project (“The Manhattan Project”). Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt decided they would omit the information regarding the development of atomic weapons. The Soviet Union had even resorted to espionage (“The Manhattan Project”). After the World War II, all the secrecy would be one of the causes of the Cold War, which was a struggle for power. (“Cold War History”). The situation in any smaller scale would leave one feeling betrayed due to the fact that those they trusted with the wellbeing of the home kept a major secret from …show more content…
When the Soviet Union was not treated as an actual country part of the “international community”, or as a proper country, bitter feelings were harbored, and manifested itself as suspicion (“Cold War History”). This suspicion led to the Cold War. The findings of atomic weapons would open the “Pandora’s box” (“The Decision to Drop the Bomb”) of atomic weaponization to the world. All progress or further development would come with the guarantee of destruction on any scale. Any developments of atomic weapons in any other countries at the time could have resulted in even more destructive