Option #1 –Truman could have relied on relentless b-29 bombing raids on Japanese cities combine with naval blockade to wear down Japanese resistance and force their surrender. Advantages – 1. Would had led to the Japanese surrender 2. Gained full control over Japanese Disadvantages – 1. Put troops‚ pilots‚ and sailors at risk 2. More Japanese people would have died than in the two atomic raids Option #2 –By demonstrating the atomic bomb it would have shown the Japanese they faced total destruction
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Tensions between the US and the Soviet Union after World War II The United States and the Soviet Union were never in a completely stable relationship. World War II had both nations working together‚ but partly only because Germany was a common enemy of them both. Roosevelt did not agree with communism‚ but would work alongside Stalin in order to stop a bigger issue‚ the Nazis. By helping each other out‚ they became part of the Big Three along with Britain. However‚ even working together
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mattered at this point. With the surrender of Germany at the beginning of May 1945 to bring the war against Japan to a speedy end with the least loss of men and material there was four potential courses of action: 1. Continue strategic bombing and blockade until Japan surrenders. 2. Invade Japan. 3. Redefine “unconditional surrender” in such a way to induce Japanese Government to surrender. 4. Frighten Japan into surrendering with revolutionary weapons (i.e. the atomic bomb). Dropping atomic
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Gandhi’s Civil Disobedience In the early 1930’s‚ Gandhi’s movement for India’s independence took a new form when he introduced the civil disobedience movement. During the 1920’s when Gandhi had first introduced a sense of nationalism among his fellow Indians‚ he did so with great passion yet there was still much to be done to gain respect from the British. His campaign for Swaraj took a new form when his demands were ignored‚ and he introduced the Civil Disobedience movement in the early 1930’s
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The US was determined to implement a foreign policy of containment towards the USSR since the beginning of 1945. The US disagreed to requests Stalin made at the Yalta and Potsdam conference‚ which served to limit Stalin’s power and control over Europe. President Truman became even more concerned after receiving George Kennan’s Long Telegram in February 1946. This telegram was sent by the US ambassador in Moscow‚ reporting on the destructive intentions of the USSR. Truman made his policy clear the
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Communism vs. Democracy Communism is an original system of society‚ quite different from Democracy in many ways. While total democracy is not widely spread‚ many forms of it are successful throughout the world today. One of the first and major differences between a Communist and Democratic government is their contrary economic systems. In a communist government‚ the community owns the major resources and means of production. The goal of such a system is to prevent
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Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili was the second leader of Soviet Russia. He was born in Gori‚ Georgia on the 18th of December‚ 1878‚ and had a troubled upbringing‚ facing issues such as financial troubles‚ an abusive father and illness that left him scarred. In 1899‚ Stalin left school to study priesthood at a seminary in the Georgian Orthodox Church of Tbilisi‚ during which time he began learning of the Marxist party by exposing himself to books and other material concerning the philosophy. He
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1. Sixty four percent of the patients belonged to the age group 30-50 years in group ‘B’ compared to fifty six percent in group ‘F’. 2. Sixty four percent of patients in group B were males compared to 60% in group F while 36 % and 40 % comprised of females in both the groups respectively. 3. Seventy six percent of the patients belonged to the weight of 50-70 kgs in group B compared to 76 % in group F. 4. Saturation of oxygen in both groups showed similar recording of 98.76 ± 0.43 in 240 mins which
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his powers. Lincoln and the North enjoyed a long-established government that was financially stable and fully recognized at home and abroad. Due to the fact that Congress was not in session when the war broke out‚ President Lincoln proclaimed a blockade‚ increased the size of the Federal army‚ directed the secretary of the Treasury to advance $2 million without appropriation or security to 3 private citizens for military purposes‚ and suspended the habeas corpus (stated that a citizen could not
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The Burma Road Riot "The 1942 riot in Nassau was a short-lived spontaneous outburst by a group of disgruntled labourers‚ and occurred against a background of narrow socio-economic and political policies." Quoted from "The 1942 riot in Nassau: A demand for Change?" by Gail Saunders. "The construction project promised a relative bonanza for the local unemployed‚ a chance to sell their labor for something like the rates they knew were normal on the mainland ... Unknown to them‚ however‚ the Bahamas
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