The Bomb

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This paper looks at the ethical debate that surrounded the development of the atomic bomb in the United States, and whether its development sparked the threat of atomic war today. The author discusses the events that led up to America dropping two bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and how Presidents Roosevelt and Truman regarded the Manhattan Project and its consequences.

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When American scientists began their studies of nuclear energy in 1939, their funding was minimal. When these scientists realized the potential their studies would have on warfare, and contacted the United States government, their minimally funded program turned into the two billion dollar Manhattan Project. With German scientists already on the same track, the United States government realized that the outcome of World War II might well depend on which country could develop the atomic bomb first. There was no question that the atomic bomb would be developed, the only question was who would develop it first."

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