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    against Japan, but he decided on the nuclear bomb that has not been in use for a period. Truman based his decision on the past phenomenon such as “the wake of the bloody battles on Iwo and Okinawa. “The essay focuses on the primary objective of the Harry S. Truman, which is dropping the atomic bomb on Japan about the moral dilemma that the president faced. The controversy has led to examining whether the atomic bombing…

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    enough nuclear weapons to blow up the world several times over, yet it does not secure its safely from other countries with nuclear weapons. It might prolong how long it takes till a war begins, but with the damage WMD can cause, it might be worse than having more non-nuclear weapon wars during shorter periods of time. Producing WMD also puts a strain on the environment and people that live around the site. If people do not die in a nuclear war, they can die at home by exposure to nuclear sites.…

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    and has threatened nuclear attacks on more than one occasion. While it seems logical to fight fire with fire and have the South develop nuclear weapons, this is not the best solution for the long-term stability of the peninsula. Therefore South Korea should develop nuclear weapons. The main reasons are South Korea can start the South and North in to a deadly war as well as U.S. should stay in charge of nuclear weapons. One factor why South Korea shouldn’t make nuclear weapon is that they…

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    followed the 2nd bombing on Nagasaki. This was the first time nuclear weapons were used to devastate the enemy. The first city lost 80,000 Japanese lives and in Nagasaki 3 days after lost 40,000 people. Many US citizens question whether or not this was avoidable but the final choice was made by Truman believing that this would end the war which it did but at the cost of so many innocent lives that have never done harm. Not only was this weapon able to kill many people instantly the radiation…

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    advantage, they also knew that they were not infallible. With this in mind they began nuclear experiments, putting the United States in a fever when they heard about it. When Germany learned how to split a uranium atom, the fever turned to frenzy. If Germany won the race to create an atomic weapon everything would head rapidly south. So the United States created an operation, The Manhattan Project, to begin our own nuclear experiments. This operation, in accordance with the sensitive nature,…

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    World War I and II both were concentrated on the weaponry. World war I introduced “machine guns, modern artillery and railroads” to the nineteenth century. World War II took a lot of ideas from World War I and intensified them. They also created nuclear weapons, which only were used in World War II. Collectively, these periods are crucial for how the world is shaped…

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    The Bombing Of Hiroshima

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    The Bombing of Hiroshima. In the result of Pearl Harbor getting bombed we got revenge but only to put a stop to the war. With one of the toughest decisions to ever make. On August 6, 1945, we had used the most dangerous weapon. Hiroshima was a key transportation hub. At the beginning of the Showa Era, the population had reached 200,000. The Showa Era was a term used as the years of 1926 to 1989. This city with its number of institutions on a higher learning level also became one of…

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    Jenkins appeals to logos by making use of logical sense to consider that what is going is a no brainer it is just that a particular individual thinks it is too “expensive”. In paragraph five he states “Obama pledged when he came into office to rid the nuclear arsenals. He has failed, and instead constantly updated his own.” To convey how short he has fallen in fulfilling his promises but we are still blinded even though it is as clear as it will ever be. Nonetheless if done well, this method is…

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    Ww2 Ethical Analysis

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    On August 6th, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki leading to a grand total of more than 200,000 casualties, 5 out of 6 being civilian. The use of such devastating force on civilians is considered extremely unethical today by numerous organizations and scholars. However, it stands as one of the most applauded decisions in US History for decisively ending World War II. As a society, the United States…

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    Computer Influence On War

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    present today in the United States. The invention and development of the computer has been the largest change in war in history as it has completely changed how war was fought. Prior to the invention of the computer war was fought with numbers, weapons, and leadership.…

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