Autonomy and Responsibility The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bombs on Ja

Autonomy and tariff The determination to Drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan Along with cosmos a world superpower comes a long list of resposiblilities. star such(prenominal) responsibility is the decision of how to deal with other nations when they get break through of line. People will always point fingers at who they think is at fault when a nation has to go to war with a nonher. One such example of this is when the United States was brought into the Second World War because of the bombing of garner Harbor. By becoming involved in World War Two, the U.S. had to crusade Japan, which led to the most important decision of the century. This decision was whether or not to drop the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This decision was mainly placed on the shoulders of President Harry Truman. Truman did not jump to the idea of using the nuclear bombs on Japan right away. In fact, he and other force officials came up with a few strategies for invading the Philippines initiall y (1, 17). Some war machine officials starting line proposed creating a blockade in the Pacific with carriers (1,18). Another invention was a two-phase amphibious assault on the island of Kyushu (1,18). In this plan the first landing would be followed by a larger second violation (1,19). With this plan, though, it was estimated that Japan would not surrender until late 1946 (1,21). Also, it meant the use of British troops, and ample Britain could not afford to spare any because of the campaign in atomic number 63 (1,21). This meant that far too many lives would be lost on both sides, with a startling amount of half a million on the American side. By now the idea of using the first atomic bomb on Japan was being born. Due to the difficulty of engagement the Japanese in the Philippines, partially because of... ...deal world no bombs would be unavoidable at all because there would be no wars,.but lets face the fact that that will never happen. There will always be conflicts am idst nations that can only be resolved through war. Works Cited 1)Fogelman, Edwin. Hiroshima The Decision to Use the A-bomb. unused York Scribner. 1964. 2)Lifton, Robert Jay. Hiroshima in America. New York Putnams Sons. 1995. 3)Sherwin, Martin J. A World Destroyed. New York Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1975. 4)Skates, John Ray. The Invasion of Japan Alternative to the Bomb. Columbia University of South Carolina. 1994 5)Hiraoka, Takashi. Hiroshima August, 1998. Online posting. 5 Feb. 1999 < http//www.igc.apc.org/napf/hiroshima98.html. 6)Bernard, Tony. Atomic Bombs 1995 Online Posting. 3 Sep. 1997 < http//www.city.hiroshima.jp/City/ABombDamage/01.html