The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6th 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9th 1945) remains among the most controversial events in modern history. At the time‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs was both strategically and morally justified‚ yet today it is a hotly debated topic‚ thought to be excessive or unnecessary. However‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs‚ while an atrocious act‚ was in fact the lesser of two evils. The alternative was to prolong one of the bloodiest conflicts in global
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bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6ht and 9th of august 945. This was after the attack on pearl habour‚ December 7th 1941. Evidently‚ this has opened many debates arguing whether the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima was justified. Np‚ it was not. The USA responded unnecessarily and brutally. The two atomic bombs caused mass destruction to buildings‚ homes‚ roofs‚ and vast land. Along with that‚ 93 000 people died in Hiroshima. Out of which‚ third of its population was instantly
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AISCT A.R. Grade 11 “Was the Mexican War a justified act of self defence or an unjustified act of imperialism‚ and are there comparisons to the recently ‘ended’ wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?” Americans had one objective and that was to expand due to the belief in American superiority also known as Manifest Destiny‚ which was the creed that it was their destiny or predestination to expand. This became an obstacle to neighbouring empires due to Americas oppressive intentions. Mexico had won
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Triangle‚ it started it out in Europe‚ and then to Africa‚ there they traded slaves with material and then on to the New World where the slaves would harvest crops and other stuff to bring back to Europe. This paper will talk about how Europeans justified slavery using the bible‚ their religions and racism. The bible stated that slavery was just and that the sons of Canaan should be enslaved. It all started when Ham saw his father Noah naked and drunk in his tent‚ whereas Shem and Japeth walked
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also responsible for the Salem witch trials‚ an event in which many people were killed for supposedly being witches. However‚ although the Puritans caused much distress and grief during the witch hunts‚ they were justified in doing this because they were acting in accordance to their laws against a perceived threat that they thought could have seriously and severely
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this period was one that put America on track to its status of one of the biggest superpowers. America was thriving more than it had ever with an abundance of technological advancements‚ trade‚ and jobs. However‚ I don’t think this “Good War” was “justified” because it resulted in the death of millions of lives on both sides but I do believe the war was necessary for America to succeed as a country. I think that if another World War didn’t occur that America would have failed as a country and would
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Breaking Bad: Can a Drug Dealer be Good? Breaking Bad is a TV series about a chemistry teacher‚ Walter White‚ turning to cooking methamphetamine when he realizes that he has terminal cancer‚ in order to leave behind some inheritance for his family. The show follows Walter as he transforms from a meek and compassionate father to becoming a cold‚ ruthless drug lord through the (wrong) choices he makes in life. Vince Gilligan created the show with a vision of having the protagonist become the antagonist
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countries‚ which were France‚ Italy‚ the United Kingdom‚ and the United States. The purpose of this treaty is to decide what to do with Germany and to prevent for future wars from occurring. The Treaty of Versailles was not considered to be fair and justified for Germany. Firstly‚ Germany was banned from the negotiations. This made the treaty unfair from the beginning‚ as it was made for the “Big Four” (France‚ Italy‚ Britain‚ and United States) to negotiate the conditions of the Treaty to increase their
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actions cannot be justified in any way‚ first of all Montresor deceived Fortunato and rather than dueling the man or taking matters into the laws hands‚ he did not even give Fortunato a chance to contest. Nothing can truly ever justify intentional murder‚ and surely this is also true of Montresor’s actions in "The Cask of Amontillado." Readers are never explicitly told what “insult” Fortunato has given to Montresor to cause him to respond in such a horrendous way. We as readers can only make the assumption
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Breaking Dawn: sparking the interest of the mortals and perhaps something else? Nowadays most people‚ or at least most teenagers‚ know a series called Twilight written by a American author named Stephanie Meyer. The last book in the series is called Breaking Dawn‚ which is getting released as a motion picture in November 2012‚ while the book was released in August 2008. The twilight series revolves around one major idea: a love story between a human and a vampire. The first three books tells the
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