Imagine a country nearing the end of a world war with a pivotal decision to make. In this very situation‚ the United States of America was faced with some crucial choices in the spring of 1945. At this point‚ Harry S Truman had to decide whether to invade Japan’s mainland or to retaliate by air via the atomic bomb. America had been fighting in the war for the three exhausting years‚ losing a large number of soldiers. With Japan’s relentlessness‚ it was unclear how many more lives would be lost
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Mexican-American War: Justified/not Justified They invaded we were trying to protect‚but US called war. Many historians disagree whether the war was justified or unjustified. For example Mexican- American war was controversial topic. Does the United States have a right to go war ? The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because border problems‚US invaded Mexico land ‚ and Mexico have different rules. The Mexican war happened in 1846 through 1848(Roden‚319).. The first armed
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the U.S. justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?” The Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki dropped or not‚ were ones of the man-made disasters that occurred on August 6 1945‚ and August 9 1945 respectively. The launching of the atomic bomb has numerous opinions and aspects on whether United States of America should be justified for launching atomic bombs on those cities or not. The essay question for our class is‚ “To what extent was the United States justified in dropping
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The Odyssey: End of Book Essay I believe that Odysseus was both justified and not justified‚ in his decision to not tell his men that they will not make it back to Ithaca. The background of this scene is that a god comes to Odysseus and tells him that his fate it to make it back to Ithaca. The god also tells Odysseus that he will be the only one to return to Ithaca. Odysseus decides that the only way that he can make it back to Ithaca is if he lets his men believe that they will all make it back
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Was the bombing of Dresden and Hamburg justified? During the Second World War‚ allied forces targeted German cities for mass aerial bombardment. Two of the cities which felt the full brunt of RAF bombings were Dresden and Hamburg. This air campaign killed an estimated 600‚000 civilians and destroyed or seriously damaged some six million homes. The strategy used also came at a cost as Bomber Command throughout the bombing campaigns had 57‚143 men killed. The target’s for area bombing were chosen
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must be termed as justified belief for us to believe that it is a true belief. For a belief to be justified it must follow a certain standard of principles . Believing and knowing are two different things‚ belief is not a true indication of the truth and is not sufficient for knowledge if there is no justification. According to Roderick Chisholm’s attempt at revising justified true belief; truth is a necessary condition for knowledge. Attempts at revising the theory of justified true belief all have
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Prompt: Referencing specific details from the play‚ identify whether you believe Brutus was justified for murdering Caesar‚ or whether you believe that Brutus made the wrong decision. You may also reference “The Soldier’s Dilemma” and/or current events to illustrate your point of view. Support your position thoroughly and logically. According to dictionary.com‚ trust is a “firm belief in the reliability‚ truth‚ ability‚ or strength of someone or something.” This concept is prevalent in the play
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Was Truman justified in his decision to drop the Atomic Bomb? On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the United States dropped the first ever Atomic weapon on Hiroshima‚ Japan. 140‚000 people lost their lives‚ most of which were civilians. President Truman was in charge of this major decision‚ and he made the correct choice. The alternative solutions were much too costly for the United States‚ both in expenses and American casualties. Another reason Truman’s decision is justified was due to the declination of the
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Was the stamp act justified? If you were a government that had to tax people because they had to pay for a war‚ what would you do? Back in 1763 the colonists were just enjoying a good day‚ but then the government started to tax everyone because they had just fought the war and won‚ but when they won they realized that they had been dept because they had to pay for their soldiers and supplies. People say it was not justified because they don’t know how many soldiers lost their lives out on the battlefield
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Revolution was not justified because the colonists started tarring and feathering the tax man‚ the British started taxing the colonists in not the right process‚ and the British say Parliament can do anything they want with the colonists. This explains that the colonists did non-professional things and the British did to because feathering the tax man and taxing colonists in not the right process is non-professional. This explains about why the American Revolution wasn’t justified is because the British
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