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Atomic Bombings on Japan, 2001.
A persuasive paper arguing for the necessity of the atomic bombings on Japan to achieve American victory during WWII.
3,400 words (approx. 13.6 pages), 11 sources, $ 96.95
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This paper discusses influencing factors on the decision to send atomic bombs on Japan during WWII. The author argues that atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were essential for America to win WWII.
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"The peaceful town of Hiroshima, Japan was beginning its day on the morning of August 6, 1945. Many Japanese were going to work or still in bed. The streets were bustling with bicycles. All at once, a flash of light was seen in the air. A deafening roar and fire hotter that the sun?s surface. ?Little Boy? exploded with the strength of twenty million tons of dynamite. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan were necessary for the Allies to win the Second World War, according to their terms of unconditional surrender of Japan. In order to determine this, one must observe: One, the German Nazi?s example to Japan; two, the strife between Japan and the Allies; and three, the arguments given by Secretary of War Harry L. Stimson."
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Atomic Bombing of Japan, 2003.
Examines reactions to using atomic bombs in World War II.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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Discusses the bombing as a strategic military move, the response to the bombing by two American writers, and William L. Lawrence's view that President Truman's decision to drop the bombs was sound.
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"During the summer of 1945 President Harry S. Truman ordered two atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan to end the war. There were those who praised and admired President Truman for taking a decisive step to end the long war. Others, however, questioned the..."
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The Atomic Bombing of Japan, 2000.
An analyais of the military and moral aspects of the decision to A-bomb Japan.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 47.95
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" To most Americans at the end of 1945, the question of whether the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan was justified or unconscionable was probably one that hardly needed to be asked. After years of desperate war, beginning with what almost all Americans viewed as a treacherous attack on Pearl Harbor (Roosevelt) and proceeding through island battles with appalling American casualties, and even greater Japanese casualties, as at Iwo Jima, where more Americans died than in the Normandy landings (Connor, p. 283). It was seriously anticipated that an invasion of Japan itself might cost more American lives than the whole previous war in Europe and Asia, two atomic bombs were dropped -- and Japan surrendered in a few days. The bombs had brought..."
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Atomic Bombing Of Japan, 1989.
Discusses purpose & effects of U.S. decision to develop the bomb & use it on Japan, not so much to shorten the war as to demonstrate American military supremacy.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 13 sources, $ 63.95
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"It was the 6th of August, that much we knew when the boys took off in the morning dew. Feeling nervous, sick and ill at ease, they flew at the heart of the Japanese (Yass 72).
As they approached Hiroshima in the Enola Gay, they all had hopeful looks on their faces. "Not long now, folks . . . the Colonel and I are standing by and giving the boys what they want . . . There will be a short intermission while we bomb our target
. . . My God!" (Yass 73) As the great bomb plummeted from the sky, the crew turned the plane broadside to get the best view, which was described as a "terrific spectacle." A mass of purplish gray dust about three miles in diameter, the lower part of the mushroom as well as the top was all boiling. The mushroom smoke had reached the same altitude of the plane when another mushroom arose just as (...)"
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Atomic Bombings on Japan, 1998.
This paper discusses how the atomic bomb was needed to frighten the Japanese into a submission of unconditional surrender.
3,351 words (approx. 13.4 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 95.95
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The paper presents the thesis that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan were necessary for the Allies to win the Second World War according to their terms of unconditional surrender of Japan. The paper looks at Germany's example to Japan, the strife between Japan and the Allies and the arguments offered by Secretary of War, Harry L. Stimson to use the bomb and concludes that the bomb was indeed necessary.
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"The peaceful town of Hiroshima, Japan was beginning its day on the morning of August sixth, 1945. Many Japanese were going to work or still in bed. The streets were bustling with bicycles. All at once, a flash of light was seen in the air. A deafening roar and fire hotter that the sun's surface. "Little Boy" exploded with the strength of twenty million tons of dynamite. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan were necessary for the Allies to win the Second World War, according to their terms of unconditional surrender of Japan. In order to determine this, one must observe: One, the German Nazi's example to Japan; two, the strife between Japan and the Allies; and three, the arguments given by Secretary of War Harry L. Stimson."
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The Bombing of Japan.
This paper discusses the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 8, 1945, which led to the surrender of Japan and the end of WWII.
1,290 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper explains that, although more than half a century has passed since the atomic bombing of Japan, it is still arguable whether such actions by the Allied forces were justified. The author points out that the atomic bomb was used just like any other weapon war and that the United States military did not see the atomic bomb as anything other than an instrument of war; there is little difference between the conventional destruction of Tokyo by conventional American saturation bombing, which killed some 100,000 people, and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which also killed 100,000 people. The paper relates that former President Herbert Hoover had expressed that use of the bomb had besmirched America's reputation and that its potential disastrous effects should have been described in graphic terms before the United States decided to bomb Japan.
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"President Harry S. Truman stated on August 9, 1945, "We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans. We shall continue to use it until we completely destroy Japan's power to make war." The Allied forces believed that the use of the atomic bomb was justified due to Japan's relentless denial to surrender. Japan had demonstrated fanatical resistance by fighting to almost the last man on Pacific islands and committing mass suicide on Saipan. Moreover, by the summer of 1944, the Japanese had resorted to one major asset they still possessed, the willingness of their pilots to meet certain death, hence they developed the Kamikaze technique whereby a pilot would fly his plane directly into a ship or target."
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Atomic Bombs in WWII, 2004.
Questions the necessity of dropping the atom bomb on Japan to end the Second World War.
1,129 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper argues that the United States should have used other alternatives to end the war with Japan in 1945 and that it only dropped the atom bomb due to internal and external pressures. The paper offers several alternatives, such as showcasing the power of the atomic bomb in a non-combat demonstration and the modification of U.S. demand for unconditional surrender.
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"A fourth alternative was the continuance of conventional warfare. The United States could have continued the naval blockade of Japan. This would have slowly caused Japan to run out of food, ammunition, and other necessities and forced them to surrender. Moreover, as Bill Dietrich has noted, the U.S. could have continued the conventional bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which had already destroyed 60 of Japan's cities."
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World War II and the Atomic Bomb, 2007.
This paper examines the history and moral issues of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II.
1,257 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper describes the atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. The writer gives statistics in order to highlight the devastation. Also included is an eye-witnesses' testimony. The paper concludes by posing moral questions about the bombing of innocent civilians.
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"It was on August 6th, in the year 1945, at 8.15 AM, Japanese time, that the United States of America dropped its first ever atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, so that its usefulness to the enemy could be completely destroyed. According to the then President of the United States, the bomb "...had more power than 20,000 tones of TNT ", and it was also infinitely more powerful than the blast power that the British Grand Slam, purportedly the largest bomb in the history of the world, had. The immediate and direct consequence of the bomb was that more than four square miles of the entire city of Hiroshima were completely and irrevocably destroyed, 66,000 people were killed instantaneously, and 69,000 more were seriously injured. Three days later, another atomic bomb, equally powerful, was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, Japan, and this bomb managed to destroy about 1.5 square miles of the city, and kill about 39,000 people, while injuring 25,000 more. The very next day, the Japanese government asked to surrender, under the 'Potsdam Declaration'. "
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The Use of the Atomic Bomb, 2005.
Considers the conditions affecting Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan.
956 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper traces the events leading up the United States' decision to use the atomic bomb on Japanese islands in 1945, thus ending the Second World War. The author considers what he would have done in event that he had to make the decision of dropping the bomb.
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"As history has later revealed, the death toll from the atomic weapons unleashed on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki totaled over 100,000 in the initial blast alone. The figures are of course uncertain as all census data was obliterated in the explosions. However it is estimated that, counting all later damages from cancer and radiation exposure, by 1976, over one million Japanese citizens had been killed by the use of the atomic bomb. (Damages)"
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Opposition to the Atomic Bombing of Japanese Cities, 2002.
This paper looks at the popular, scientific and political opposition to the atomic bombings of the Second World War.
2,550 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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There was much opposition to the U.S. bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. This paper examines some of the political opposition, firstly and initially by Truman. It then looks at the opposition of three scientists - Leo Szilard, Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer. The many military generals and politicians' oppositions are also listed.
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"Contrary to the images displayed by World War II propaganda, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were widely criticized, not only by 1960?s radicals, but also by many influential figures of the conservative establishment, scientists, and those in the highest ranks of the military. These people, in addition to countless citizens and political officials, considered the use of the atomic bomb to have been militarily unnecessary and morally repugnant based on the information available to them in the summer of 1945."
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The Atomic Bomb, 2008.
This paper discusses the atomic bomb and provides an analysis of its
moral implications.
1,359 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper relates that the atomic bomb has dramatically changed the world we live in and will continue to strike fear into the every day lives of civilians. The paper asserts that the making of the atomic bomb was inevitable, but the use of the atomic bomb was a mistake that will never be forgotten. The paper goes on to say that the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 ended the bloodiest war in human history, but Japan was on the verge of surrendering anyway, so there was no military justification for the use of these horrific weapons. The writer concludes that if humanity fails to break free from the vicious cycle of wars, atomic bombs will be used again, life on earth will end someday in one final conflagration and the final page of human history will never be written because no one will be left alive to write it.
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"Despite the fact that most Americans in 1945 considered these atomic attacks fully justified and felt no remorse for the massive death and destruction inflicted upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki, most Americans today have very different attitudes about the atomic bombings, and feel regret, shame, and revulsion when they think about the atomic attacks. Most of them believe that although the making of the atomic bomb was inevitable, it was a mistake to use atomic bombs against Japan."
"The Manhattan Project was established early in World War II because it was learned that Nazi Germany was intent upon building an atomic bomb. This political factor, combined with the relentless advance of scientific discoveries, made the development of atomic weapons inevitable. Consequently, a race to develop atomic bombs began, for they would be the ultimate weapon and whichever nation possessed them would be impossible to defeat."
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The Atomic Bomb, 2004.
This paper discuses the development of the atomic bomb and the effects of dropping it on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
1,465 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper explains that the scope of the effect the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had on modern warfare and science technology is visible only when taking into account the intense scientific processes to create these weapons of mass destruction. The author points out that, at the dawn of World War II, Albert Einstein sent a letter to President Franklin. D. Roosevelt about Nazi Germany's efforts to purify uranium-235, which he warned could result in the building of an atomic bomb. The paper relates that, soon after this letter, the U.S. government started the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb before the Germans. The author states that the bomb was tested successfully on July 1945 and, a month later, the first bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The paper concludes that the atomic bomb was considered a "quick" and economical way to win the war; however, it was a cruel form of punishment for the Japanese citizens resulting in slow and painful deaths for many innocent Japanese. The paper includes graphs.
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"The most difficult part of the Manhattan Project was how to produce enough enriched Uranium to uphold a chain reaction. Uranium-235 was hard to extract. Only about 1/500th of Uranium ore mined ends up as Uranium metal. Of this metal, the fissionable isotope of Uranium is rare. Fissionable Uranium occurs at a ration of 1 to 139. Separating one part of Uranium-235 from 139 parts of Uranium-238 is challenging. Only mechanical methods could effectively separate the two. Scientists at Columbia University first figured out how. A facility to separate Uranium-235 was set up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee."
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The Atomic Bomb, 2006.
An analysis of the implications of the use of the atomic bomb in World War II.
760 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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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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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. "
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The Manhattan Project: The Building of the Atomic Bomb, 2002.
This research paper is a description of the progression of the Manhattan Project, the undercover name for the building of the first atomic bomb by scientists.
2,260 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This is a detailed study describing the progression of the Manhattan Project and the invention of the atomic bomb. The ?Manhattan Project? was a code name given to the efforts and collaboration of many scientists to build the first atom bomb. The author sees two major challenges that faced the team of highly capable scientists. The first was the actual production of the atom bomb. This involved actually making innovative discoveries that would revolutionize war and change man?s idea of war for good. The second involved all of the ethical debates on whether or not the bomb should have actually been used in warfare. The author concludes that the building of the atomic bomb proved to be the most pivotal advance seen by science up until the early twentieth century.
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"We have too many men of science, too few men of God. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon of the Mount...The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living...? stated General Omar N. Bradley, Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1948, voicing the opinion, shared by many of the time, towards the building of the atomic bomb. The ?Manhattan Project? was a code name given to the efforts and collaboration of many scientists to build the first atom bomb. There were two major challenges that faced the team of highly capable scientists. The first was the actual production of the atom bomb. This involved actually making innovative discoveries that would revolutionize war and change man?s idea of war for good. The second involved all of the ethical debates on whether or not the bomb should have actually been used in warfare. The project lasted from 1942-1946 and cost approximately 1.8 billion dollars, which is comparable to 20 billion dollars today. The building of the atomic bomb proved to be the most pivotal advance seen by science up until the early twentieth century."
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Culture and the Atomic Bomb, 2007.
This paper examines the effect of the atomic bomb on the U.S. with regards to politics and culture.
1,429 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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In this article, the writer introduces, discusses and analyzes the topic of the atomic bomb in U.S. history. Specifically, the writer analyzes the impact of the atomic bomb on American politics and culture in the decade-and-a-half after the explosion of the first Atomic weapon over Hiroshima. The writer notes that it changed the status of the United States in global politics and that it helped create the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Further the writer points out that it changed American culture almost overnight. The writer maintains that American politics would never be the same after the bombs exploded over Japan and notes that the threat of nuclear war still hangs over the globe today.
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"Magazines published graphic drawings of what to do in case of a nuclear attack, including the proper attire to protect from the "heat flash." While many things were changing in American culture, the roles of men and women were still quite distinct. Women had certain roles to fulfill in Civil Defense, such as hospital or medical work, driving cars, and childcare. Men, however, were more apt to serve as fire fighters, volunteer police, air-raid wardens, and rebuilding after an attack. As the country returned to normal after the war, women stayed home to raise the family, while men went off to work. It would take more than atomic bombs to change the acceptable roles women held in society, and it would not happen in the two decades following the bombing of Japan."
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