Marshall Islands: Atomic Bomb Testing AN350 - Usha Prasad Chaminade University Introduction This paper explores the documentation of the claims for diseases that were caused by nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. Many suggest that cancer and other diseases in these islands have been caused by the nuclear testing in the Pacific. I chose this topic because I was always interested in the overall culture of the Marshall Islands. I was raised in Guam‚ a United States
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Decision to Drop Atomic Bombs The Justification behind the Detonation of The Little Boy and The Fat Man How could anyone possibly justify a decision that would result in over 265‚000 potentially innocent people losing their lives? Justifications like this have been made throughout history by evil leaders with mal-intentions‚ or by psychopathic fundamentalists‚ but never by a governmental organization as respected and trusted as the United States. How is it possible that the most financially
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the night of the 9/10 March 1945‚ the US air force bombed Tokyo‚ with incendiary (fire) bombs. As Japan’s air force had been almost obliterated by March 1945‚ the US B29 bombers flew over Tokyo with no opposition from the Japanese Air Force meaning that Americans could drop all their weapons on Tokyo causing optimal damage to the Capital of Japan. As most of Tokyo’s buildings were made of wood‚ the incendiary bombs burned the city down causing the deaths of around 100‚000 people14. The most well-known
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was morally correct and justified. Historians have analyzed and presented many arguments. In this short essay‚ I will attempt to expand on how historians feel about the decision by Truman to use atomic bombs. The revisionists bring into perspective and question the motivations of Harry Truman claiming he had more on his agenda than just the war. In my opinion‚ the decision to use atomic bombs was somewhat justified because if looked at statistically‚ the death toll with an invasion would have been
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Japan‚ President Roosevelt approved of the Manhattan Project which was the creation of the atomic bomb. The United States dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6‚ 1945 and on Nagasaki on August 9‚ 1945. After the bombs were dropped people throughout America argued on whether or not the United States should or should not have dropped the bomb. The United States should have used the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki because the Japanese refused to surrender. The fighting style of the Japanese
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Atomic bombs have killed up to 80‚000 people in an instant when dropped. During the Cold War many countries built more nuclear weapons. Communism and the creation of nuclear weapons were two major problems during the Cold War. The Soviet Union and The United States were allies during WW2 but soon turned against each other after the resolution of the war in 1945. The Cold War then lasted approximately 45 years‚ when becoming obvious in 1947 and then ending in about 1991. The first obvious movement
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After World War II‚ the whole world was waiting to see what would happen next‚ especially when it came to the new weapon being developed‚ The Atomic Bomb. This uncertain time was called The Cold War. This war was very different than the common picture of a war‚ close range battle‚ with trench warfare and heavy fire. The Cold War was fought over great distances‚ and according to the New Oxford American Dictionary‚ the Cold War was “A state of political hostility between countries characterized by
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the Manhattan project‚ developing the greatest weapon created at that time‚ the Atomic Bomb. On August 6th‚ 1945‚ The Atomic Bomb was first unlatched from a bomber above the city of Hiroshima‚ reducing the city to rubble. Three days later‚ the next bomb was dropped on Nagasaki‚ marking the quick yet gruesome end of WWII. There has been a big debate and a lot of controversy towards the dropping of these two bombs; ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat man’. Was it really necessary? Some think it was necessary as the
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Dropping the atomic bomb will solve nearly every problem we have. It would force the Japanese to surrender‚ shorten the war‚ save lives and money‚ and avoid us from asking the Soviet Union to get involved. The atomic bomb is already built‚ and not using it would waste all the money and time put into developing it. Releasing the bomb on Japan really would be in the best interest of the United States. The first benefit of detonating the bomb would be forcing the Japanese to surrender. The Japanese
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“The Day the Bomb Went Off‚” Knoll and Postol argue nuclear bombs are catastrophic. The event of a nuclear attack would send humans back to the stone age‚ and put a halt on any technological advances. Furthermore‚ the effects of radiation would harm the population within a broad radius of a nuclear explosion. Readers may wonder what America would do under nuclear attack‚ and draw the conclusion nuclear bombs would destroy everything our society has accomplished. To begin with‚ nuclear bombs decimate
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