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- 31: The Atomic Bomb and Hiroshima
- ... Hiroshima. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki killing a combined total of over 200,000 lives. It was not long before people began to question President Truman’s decision to use the most devastating weapons know to humankind. The purpose of the bomb was to bring Japan to a surrender and end the war as soon as ... created in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It was created by a top-secret operation code named the Manhattan Project. Three weeks after the first test of the atomic bomb President Truman made the decision at a war time conference, in Potsdam Germany, to use the atomic bomb on Japan. The first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 destroying ... that it was prepared to battle to the last man. These historians believe this because of the fierce and self-destructive kamikaze attacks in defense of Okinawa and Iwo Jima. Truman believed that it was necessary to use the atomic bomb in order to shorten the agony of war and to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young ...
- 32: Atomic Bomb 6
- ... 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 ...
- 33: K0rean War
- ... a veto. North Korea chose to disregard the resolution. On June 27, North Korean troops reached South Korea's capital, Seoul. Seoul fell in four days. In the US, President Truman and the UN took action to stop North Korea from advancing. President Truman, going by his containment policy, sent US air and naval forces to help South Korea. The UN also asked its members to help South Korea. On June 30, Truman ordered the first ground troops to go to South Korea. General Douglas Macarthur was the commander of the ground forces. Congress supported Truman but didn't officially declare war ...
- 34: The Rise and Fall of American Communism
- ... which was responsible for administering the Hatch Act, being a Communist raised a “strong presumption against one’s loyalty to the government of the United States.” In 1950, under President Truman’s executive order, Congress passed an extensive anti-Communist legislative package. In the package was the Act to Protect the National Security of the United States. This Act gave the ... when it was deemed necessary in the interest of national security. After the second World War, the American populace seemed to be in favor of demobilization and disarmament, but the Truman Administration sought to establish an atmosphere of crisis. The Truman Administration sensed that the Soviet Union was a rival and an immediate threat. By establishing a sense of fear and hysteria towards communism, the Truman Administration was able to ...
- 35: Eisenhower 2
- ... new, and in some cases far more dangerous, or destructive methods of waging Cold War. The first thing Eisenhower's administration had to do was to lower defense spending. During Truman's last three years of office, defense spending skyrocketed from $13.5 billion to more than $50 billion. The Korean War was the reason for this incredible increase, but even before the North Korean attack, the Truman administration had been inclined toward such a build-up , owing to a sweeping reassessment of national security policy known as NSC 68. Presented to the president by the National Security ... risk war to carry out it's totalitarian design. NSC 68 called for rapid increase of "political, economic, and military strength in the free world," to meet this extraordinary danger. Truman was at first unwilling to endorse NSC 68, but he put it in to action barely three months after the outbreak of the Korean War. Eisenhower considered Truman's ...
- 36: Atomic Bomb 7
- ... to ever use this super bomb the lives of millions of innocent people would be put at risk. After the incident in Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt died and Harry S. Truman became next President. Truman who was the Vice President during the Roosevelt years knew nothing about this new weapon. President Roosevelt and Albert Einstein kept the atomic bomb makings a secret for more than ... secret was because he was afraid a leak might hint other countries on this new invention which would cause countries to develop there own type of bomb. When Roosevelt died, Truman became the next president were he pulled the strings. Finally Truman who called the shots had finally ordered a B-29 Bomber airplane to carry The Little Boy into ...
- 37: Korean War 2
- ... a veto. North Korea chose to disregard the resolution. On June 27, North Korean troops reached South Korea's capital, Seoul. Seoul fell in four days. In the US, President Truman and the UN took action to stop North Korea from advancing. President Truman, going by his containment policy, sent US air and naval forces to help South Korea. The UN also asked its members to help South Korea. On June 30, Truman ordered the first ground troops to go to South Korea. General Douglas Macarthur was the commander of the ground forces. Congress supported Truman but didn't officially declare war ...
- 38: American Foreign Policy In Wwi
- ... destiny were contributing factors to U.S. involvement in this war of words and I will investigate both these objectives more in depth through both the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine. The world must be made safe for democracy. It s peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty (Wilson, Decl. War Germany). This statement was made ... U.S. economic growth out of the Great Depression. Without entrance into WWII, it is not certain when the U.S. would have pulled out of the depression. When President Truman confronted Congress in March of 1947, he asserted that, The foreign policy and national security of this country are involved. One aspect of the present situation, which I wish to present to you at this time for your consideration and decision, concerns Greece and Turkey. . . that assistance is imperative if Greece is to survive as a free nation (Truman Doctrine). In his doctrine, Truman expresses his fear of a revived isolationism and the Communist threat to European countries. Once again our nation s security of democracy would be ...
- 39: In Cold Blood
- Truman Capote is one of the greatest authors of all time. He was born in 1924 and died in 1984. Sincehis early childhood, he has written many books and he has ... research, mounds of tapes and endless interviews (Magill 51). Capote wanted to write this book in a way so that the murder was known almost as gruesome as it was. Truman Capote made significant contributions to American Literature in the mid twentieth century, especially by portraying the murder case as being inhumane, unnecessary, and without motivation throughout the novel In Cold Blood. Truman Capote was an author with a well diversified background. From his birth, Capote always thirsted for fame (Gale 13). However, it was not always the kind of fame that ...
- 40: Atomic Bomb 4
- ... dropped the atomic bomb in hope of shortening World War Two, saving of thousands of military lives and making the Untied States of America look more powerful then ever. President Truman had decided to go ahead and test the bomb in New Mexico. After the test went well, Truman Had decided to drop the Bomb on Hiroshima. It was a good idea for dropping the atomic bomb because, that decision saved thousand of military lives. After the bomb was dropped, people did not have to worry about the Japan bombing us any more because we stopped the war. The decision that President Truman made was a good decision because Japan never had a chance to bomb the United States of America. There was one important man that agreed with Truman, Henry Stimson ...
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