The Atomic Bomb

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This paper discusses the impact of the atomic bomb in World War II. According to this paper, the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan was not made lightly, but its use clearly had the desired effect as Japan surrendered unconditionally after two of its major cities had been devastated by such weapons.

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Introduction
Review and Discussion
Conclusion

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"Even before the United States was drawn into the Second World War, though, U.S. scientists had already become concerned that Germany's scientists and leaders who were familiar with new research on nuclear fission would succeed in building an atomic bomb. According to Wainstock (1996), "Concerned that Germany would develop it first, American scientists, with the help of Albert Einstein, persuaded President Franklin D. Roosevelt to undertake its development. Roosevelt entrusted the task, called the Manhattan Project, to a special unit of the Army Corps of Engineers headed by Major General Leslie R. Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer, the distinguished physicist from the University of California" (p. 35). Ultimately, the Manhattan Project was a collaborative effort between the British and Americans to win this race against the Germans for the atomic bomb. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Atomic bomb. (2006). Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved April 24, 2006, from Encyclopaedia Britannica Premium Service http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9010127.
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• Wainstock, D. D. (1996). The decision to drop the atomic bomb. Westport, CT: Praeger.

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