Jason Arquette Professor Hirsh Blog 2G Sept. 7th, 2017 As promised by the title, Morton’s “The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb” describes the trials and tribulations of a horrible choice faced by President Truman and the rest of the country. For one or two pages Morton introduces the idea that not only was there…

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Louis Morton in his Article, “The Decision To Use The Atom Bomb” discusses the necessity of dropping an atom bomb on Japan in August of 1945. Morton makes an argument that the war was thought to be over by that time. He argues that by this time the air bombardment, naval bombardment, and the entrance…

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The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the first of their kind, and up to the present day, the only time they have ever been used in war time. The story surrounding “the decision to drop the bomb” has been rehashed many times in the decades since. The high school-textbook-summary maintains that the …

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In my search for a new resource that addressed the question of why the United States decided to use the atomic bomb in 1945, I found an intriguing article by historian David Kaiser from Time magazine. Kaiser is a frequent contributor to Time, is the author of seven books, and has taught at Harvard, Carnegie …

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Almost four years after the atomic bomb was dropped in Japan, Hanson Baldwin dissects the false sense of security the weapon of mass destruction caused the American people in his New York Times article, “Two Great Delusions About the A-Bomb: The First is that the Bomb Assures Security; the Second, that Security Requires Secrecy”. Baldwin’s…

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In “The Debate About Hiroshima,” Rudolph A. Winnacker compares different views on the use of the atomic bomb on Japan. He offers a brief outline on his interpretation of the argument between those in support of the bombs use and those against it. In regards to the opposition, Winnacker explains that they thought use of …

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Although looking back on the use of the atomic bomb is very dark, we must go back to 1945 and step in the shoes of then President, Harry Truman, to think why he chose to use it. Japan had plenty of chances to avoid the bomb. “On 26 July 1945 U.S. President Truman and the other …

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To summarize, Stimson’s article justifies the United States’s use of atomic bombs against Japan at the end of World War II. Stimson’s argument centers on the core belief that the bomb saved more lives than it cost. This aforementioned premise rests on Stimson’s assumption that the Japanese would not surrender absent a shocking display of…

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