Persuasive Essay On The Atomic Bomb

After the shift in power from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to President Harry S. Truman in the middle of the most intense war the United States has faced up to that point in time, there was still much to settle in the Second World War. The United States was still heavily involved with finishing the battle with the Japanese in the Pacific, and there seemed to be no clear end. However, after experimenting for years with the Manhattan Project, the military was able to develop a nuclear weapon for the first time. Thus, Truman decided that the best way to reach an end to the war was to use these newly acquired weaponry on the Japanese. However, it is conflicted as to what the complete intent of the use of the nuclear weaponry was. This is due to the fact that tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States were still very present at that time. Therefore, signs show that the decision to drop the bomb on Japan was a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union rather than a strictly military measure designed to force Japan’s surrender. This is due to the fact that there was a fear of further Soviet involvement in the war as well as the Japan already being defeated almost completely.
Whether it be the morality of it’s use at that particular moment or the modern use of the weaponry, there is always going to be something regarding these bombs. However, in this particular discussion, it could be seen that the bomb was projected as being a means to end the war quickly in an effort to save American lives. But the use of information at the time shows otherwise as there was a strong pressure to use to the nuclear weapon in an effort to not only limit the Soviet Union's involvement in Japan but begin a focus on what they were doing in Europe. This potentially prevented the Soviet Union taking even more land in Europe and creating a large buffer zone in the case of invasion within that