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- 21: The Atomic Bomb and Japan
- ... Atomic Bomb and Japan On August 6th, 1945, 70, 000 lives were ended in a matter of seconds. The United States had dropped a bomb on Hiroshima. Looking back on Truman's decision. Today, it is not thought of as such a good idea. It introduced a weapon of mass destruction that could eventually be used against us, it provided Japan ... of things (conventional air power, naval blockade, Soviet intervention). However, in 1945, dropping the bomb on Japan brought the war to an end more quickly and therefore was morally justifiable. Truman's decision to drop the bomb was a strictly military measure designed to force Japan's unconditional surrender. He did not mean to intimidate the Soviet Union by dropping the ... not keep the Soviet Union in the dark. At the conference in Potsdam on July 24th he mentioned to Stalin that "we had a new weapon of unusual destructive force" (Truman's memoirs). Stalin did not inquire about the specifics of this "new weapon" as he showed no special interest in it. Stalin only said that "he was glad to ...
- 22: “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote
- “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote This story is the account of a savage and senseless murder of a family. When writing this book, the author, Truman Capote, separated crime reporting from serious literature. As he relives the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, Capote creates suspense. This non fiction novel has started a whole new type of writing. It has been called literary journalism and creative non fiction. Truman Capote was born in 1924 and died in 1984. He wrote both fiction and non fiction including short stories, novels, plays and films. The intense research and writing of “ ...
- 23: A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote
- A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote This story, "A Christmas Memory," is a nonfiction reminence of one fond memory of Capotes'. A distant relative of Truman Capote's, Sook Faulk, took care of him through his childhood. Sook dubbed Truman with the nickname "Buddy," after a former best friend. During one November morning, when Buddy was seven, Sook decided it was fruitcake weather. She called him to get their ...
- 24: Us Presidents 30-42
- ... with precedent to fly to the convention and to tell the delegates, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." 33. President - Harry S. Truman Term - April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953 The Truman Doctrine, which granted aid to Greece and Turkey and promised assistance to other nations threatened "by armed minorities or by outside pressure"; the Marshall Plan, which used American economic resources ... maintain the Western presence in that city, which was surrounded by the Russian-occupied zone of Germany; and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the nation's first peacetime military alliance. Truman's Point Four program helped new nations develop economically. These steps, which added up to a policy of "containment" of communism, constituted unprecedented U.S. involvement in Europe during ...
- 25: A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote
- A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote This story, "A Christmas Memory," is a nonfiction reminence of one fond memory of Capotes'. A distant relative of Truman Capote's, Sook Faulk, took care of him through his childhood. Sook dubbed Truman with the nickname "Buddy," after a former best friend. During one November morning, when Buddy was seven, Sook decided it was fruitcake weather. She called him to get their ...
- 26: The Transition of Power From President to President
- ... history there have been forty-two presidents of this great country but there are only the latest ten outlined here. The first of these ten specific icons is Harry S. Truman; born in Lamar, Missouri in 1884 and lived his life as a farmer. During his life he served in World War I as a captain in Field Artillery and then ... then becoming a senator in 1934. Slightly later he headed an investigation committee in the Senate war checking waste and corruption saving large amounts of money even 15 million dollars. Truman was elected vice president to President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the hardships in Soviet Russia. Truman was inaugurated on April 12, 1945 taking on the largest burden of his life and he quoted to one reporter, “I felt like the moon, the stars, and all ...
- 27: In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
- English book report. 1. Title: “In Cold Blood.” 2. Author plus biographical background information: Truman Capote, one of America’s most famous writers was born in New Orleans in 1924 and died in California in 1984. He wrote both fiction and non- fiction stories. (for ... worse form. He seems to be a quite decent person to talk with, but he’s very easily influenced. In the end you feel a little sorry for him because Truman Capote describes him as a person who had a very difficult childhood. Perry was the person who killed the Clutters by shooting their brains out with a .12-gauge shotgun ...
- 28: “A Christmas Memory”: Truman Capote
- “A Christmas Memory”: Truman Capote It is curious that as children, humans have the ability to observe and remember details of specific situations and instances yet lack the ability to describe them. Truman Capote, as a grown man, took advantage of his vivid memories and composed the short work, “A Christmas Memory.” The story begins in late November, a month symbolic of all ...
- 29: Contain Communism
- Containing Communism In 1947, in an effort to halt, or contain, the advance of communism in Europe, and especially in Greece and Turkey, President Truman announced the policy known as the Truman Doctrine, by which the United States furnished military and economic aid to countries threatened by aggression and subversion. An important adjunct of this policy was the Marshall Plan, proposed in ... States agreed to the establishment of the Organization of American States (OAS) to settle disputes among the nations of the Americas. As part of his worldwide campaign against communism, President Truman also implemented the Point Four Program to aid developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.1 Truman Doctrine, policy first set forth by United States President Harry S. ...
- 30: Atomic Bomb
- ... dropped on her war industries and, unfortunately, thousands of civilian lives will be lost. I urge Japanese civilians to leave industrial cities immediately, and save themselves from destruction.” Harry S. Truman appears to be perfectly confident in his radio address to the world on August 9th 1945. Confident that he has made the right decision in dropping the first weapon of ... the atomic bomb not only ended the war is a timely fashion but also, holistically, saved both the US and Japan, much distress and agony. Nevertheless, the net worth of Truman’s decision to drop the World’s first atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki well out weighed any fallout that might be attributed to their destruction. In the last days ... surrender, and the world would be safe again. However, despite this confidence, an invasion of Japan would prove to be a costly event, in both capital and human resources. President Truman decided to take the only logical way out of this war and ordered the dropping of the Atomic bombs. By 1945, the war effort encompassed every aspect of American ...
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