Part one of term paper
“The world will note that the first was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing of civilians. But that attack is only a warning of things to come. If Japan does not surrender, bombs will have to be dropped on her war industries and, unfortunately, th ...

Part two of term paper
... mass destruction, and thus hurling the world into an atomic age. It is, however, the poise of this strong leader, that makes it unclear to many just how agonizing and belabored his decision was. While at the time, to the public, the dropping of the was perfectly justified by the horrors of World War II. However, looking at this subject in retrospect, the has been lowered from its savior status, and in some people’s eye’s ranks among the world’s most horrible crimes of war. This debate has ...