Hiroshima and Nagasaki -Why Did the U.S. Use the Atomic Bomb?Oppenheimer
Was a second nuclear attack necessary to force Japan’s surrender? The world may never know. For his part, Truman doesn’t seem to have wavered in his conviction that the attacks were justified—though heruled out future bomb attacks without his express orderthe day after Nagasaki. "It was...
Despite thecolossal damagethat the American military inflicted on Hiroshima, and subsequently on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, Japan soon would develop a warm, productive relationship with its war-time rival that has lasted to this day. According to anational surveyof 1,586 Japanese citizens ...
Yet in the summer of 1945, as the atomic bomb was being prepared for its final testing, a closely contained debate over its use did emerge within the circle of scientists who had contributed to its development.Leo Szilard, a refugee Hungarian physicist who had petitioned President Roosevelt to...
Scrolling the vastness of the internet you may stumble upon, like we did, a list of the mostheavily guarded places on earth. Intrigued, you may click and find that Iron Mountain is one of those listed places. You may be expecting locations like the US Military's Cheyenne Mountain Complex ...
1.Why did Sally Regenhard say that 9/11 was “a shattering of faith”? 2.Why did Carol Ashley think that there must be an investigation? 3.What do you know about the 9/11 attacks and what influences have the events exert? Script: Policeman: Move back! Move back! Policeman: Move it...
Yet, subconsciously, I sure did totally “get it,” andmy entire body burst out in a sweat like a sauna,literally during a Boston snowstorm. I began taking my parka and wool ski cap off as huge snowflakes came down upon me, and an icy breeze blasted my sweati...
West that put sanctions on Russia, it was the West that cut themselves off Russian energy and whatever could be used left was blown up with the Nord Stream, which the Americans now blame on Ukraine. But I think it’s hard to imagine Washington not having anything...
But that could never happen to us. But it did. “But, it can’t last forever.” Are you sure? “Well, government officials will never let it get so bad that we run out of food and water.” Are you sure about that?When God warned Noah that bad weather was coming and the earth ...
But while I was aware of the moral dilemmas surrounding technology's consequences in fields like weapons research, I did not expect that I would confront such issues in my own field, or at least not so soon. Perhaps it is always hard to see the bigger impact while you are in the vortex...