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In May of 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered, thus starting the beginning of the end of World War II. The already uneasy wartime treaty between the allied United States and Great Britain and the Soviet Union began to unravel. By 1948, the Soviets had placed left-wing governments into the countries that had been liberated by the […]

How could a bomb wipe out five-square miles of buildings and kill tens of thousands of people? The Atomic Bomb or nuclear bombs are powerful weapons that use nuclear reactions as their source of explosive energy. Atomic bombs have been used only twice”both times by the United States against Japan at the end of World […]

 In the history of war, no event has had quite as much controversy as the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan at the end of World War II. A world-changing event, they ushered in not only the atomic age, but the nuclear arms race and the Cold War. The bombs were incredibly powerful. In […]

       Death, destruction and devastation this is what the US decided to burden fellow human beings. The US was not justified in dropping the two atomic bombs on Japan. They killed a massive amount of innocent people and effected many more. So many people died from the attack and they didn’t even get a chance […]

Bombs burst over the City of Peace leaving the one and only structure near the hypocenter standing. During the explosion, 70,000 people died directly, while another 70,000 suffered from the radiation. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is located in one of the two cities to be bombed in WWII. The bomb’s target was the Aioi […]

As a student in Radiology School, I am often asked the never-ending question; is radiation safe? My answer is simple: in everyday life, we are surrounded by radiation, some of which is artificial and some that is backgroundradiation which naturally exists everywhere in the environment. These levels of radiation are clearly safe. If they were […]

Boom! Crash! Bang! The atomic bombs created by the United States of America were some of the most destructive weapons used in a war. The areas they were dropped on are still unuseable to this day, 73 years later. The bombs were so feared, that Germany surrendered before the United States needed to use the […]

The United States Were the first Country to Create a Nuclear Weapon (Harris). The First sustained nuclear chain reaction was in December 1942 (Harris). Nuclear weapons have been involved in many wars (Harris). A nuclear weapon is a device designed to release energy in an explosive manner as a result of nuclear fission, or nuclear […]

Nuclear weapons should be entirely removed from all countries because it doesn’t help anybody in anyway. The only outcome of using nuclear power is death and destruction. The negative effects of nuclear weapons go on and on. The death toll of this power would be in the millions and everyone that was involved in the […]

Nuclear weapons to this day still pose a direct threat to us and other countries. It’s almost inhumane on how countries have to compete each other to see who can be more intimidating. ,when it’s clear as day that these weapons are causing fear into the hearts of other countries. These weapons require no military […]

Warfare has been around since the beginning of time, sadly it is a part of human nature. There are many types of warfare, one being traditional warfare, where huge armies opposed each other using swords, shields, and many other weapons. Warfare has changed through the ages though, along with technology, therefore, presenting another type of […]

The big bang of the atomic bomb has caused mix emotions with in the various religious communities. The thinking process behind the atom bomb on Hiroshima has argued the it was warfare with the suicide of Japanese soldiers. Some are elated that the actions of launching the bomb quickly ended the war. Some Catholics opposed […]

The world was forced into a nuclear age after the first detonation of nuclear bomb, named “Trinity.” Nuclear weapons have immense power that could wipe out humanity if ever taken into play. The Manhattan Project was the making of the first nuclear bombs during World War II, led by J. Robert Oppenheimer and were crazily […]

Introduction Is a world without nuclear weapons really achievable? A nuclear weapon is cruel and causes massive loss of life. In our world today there is around 10,000-15,000 nuclear weapons with a estimated whopping 2,500 megatons of destructive power. According to Global Zero yes it’s possible for a nuke free earth. The First Nuclear Security […]

The bombing of Hiroshima was devastating. Besides the tens of thousands of casualties, the U.S. came out triumphan. On the day May 7th, 1945, the Nazis surrendered, almost ending WWII, but some of the Axis Powers were still fighting, on December 7th, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, a major Navy base in Honolulu, Hawaii, officially […]

Once the United States initiated the nuclear age with attacks of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear weapons, various states have acquired, or attempted to acquire, the capability to deploy a nuclear weapon. Most notable of these nations is the former Soviet Union, who functioned as the main nuclear adversary of the United States throughout much […]

This planet is home to 195 countries with hundreds of different traditions, customs and beliefs but even with all this diversity there is a sense of global community (1). The global community is a concept where every person is part of the global economy, where human rights are protected for all people, and where people […]

Face it. The world is not perfect. Never has been, never will be. Then there were nuclear weapons, and it just got worse. The U.S nuclear weapons policy should be to get rid of nuclear weapons entirely because they create tension between countries, they are expensive, and they are way too destructive. For starters, having […]

Introduction The atomic bombing which happened on August 1945 during World War II in Hiroshima resulted in a dreadful loss to the people of Hiroshima and even to the entire world. For past seventy years after the Hiroshima atomic bomb explosion, there have been numerous research studies carried out on the biological effect of the […]

While America did not like Communism from an ideological standpoint and they threat of Soviet atomic nukes played a role in leading to the Cold War. The dollar gap played a much bigger role in the Cold War because the Soviet Union would gain more power if the European economies did not improve. America needed […]

Many people argue on the decision of United States to launch atomic bombs on Japan during the final weeks of the Second World War, the first bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, resulted in the death of about 135,000. The second dropped on Nagasaki on 9 August, killed at […]

After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, one of the most devastating bombings in its time, America declared war on Japan and therefore entering into War World II. On August 6 1945, the U.S dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, three days later they dropped a bomb on Nagasaki. Over 100,000 people were immediately killed in both […]

August 6, 1945, was full of defeat, death, and tragedy for one part of the world. For another, it was full of victory, relief, but at the same time, guilt. It was the end of a long and tragic war that cost the lives of thousands of soldiers. United States’ officials decided that they needed […]

During the final months of the second world war, the only two nation still at war were the United States and the empire of Japan. Both countries were suffering heavy casualties, and the United States decided to bring a swift and effective end to the war. On August 6th, 1945, the United States dropped the […]

On August 6th, 1945, a B-29 Superfortress bomber named ‘Enola Gay’ took off from Tinian Island carrying the world’s first atomic bomb. Weighing in at more than 5 tons, the atomic bomb was one of the most expensive military investments of WWII, only second to its carrier, the B-29 (Macias) (Hall). The people of Japan […]

Should the United States have used the Atomic Bomb on Japan? Well there are many ways to argue the case for and against the USA’s deployment of atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In my opinion Yes the United States should have dropped the Atomic Bomb but for one thing Hiroshima was chosen because it […]

There have been many debates on whether or not the united states were justified on dropping the Atomic Bomb on Japan; was it absolutely necessary to take lives of thousands of people, or was this just an easy way out of the war? In this paper I will cover the following reasonings on why I […]

I have chosen to analyze Donald Trump through the lens of realism. Realism’s use in international relations is fairly new. The basic ideas of realism can be traced back to classical texts such as Thucydide’s History of the Peloponnesian War. Realism essentially says that people are afraid and try to self-preserve by obtaining power. Within […]

The US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. A lot of questions still linger why President Harry Truman ordered for the use of the atomic bomb on the Japanese. However, looking at the circumstances, several reasons may have necessitated the president’s decision. First, the war was taking […]

 There is a touching book based on a real story called Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes written by Eleanor Coerr. The book is about a two-year-old girl Sadako who survived Hiroshima bombing, but by the age of twelve she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She was informed that she had one year to live. […]

The use of nuclear energy has continued to grow over the years despite all of the divided opinions across the globe. Nuclear energy technology started making advances after the discovery of the atom, a feat credited to the Greeks and the follow up work of scientists who furthered this research in the 18th and 19th […]

There are many myths and lies surrounding pro-nuclear power that are being made public by people who have a vested interest in the production and growth of the nuclear power industry. The myths that nuclear is a safe energy source, cost less to construct and operate, is better for the environment and has little risk […]

 THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB   SUBJECT   The subject of this book is the creation of the Atomic Bomb- the most destructive weapon of all time. This weapon simply wasn’t built overnight, rather this monograph explains the behind the scenes of the bomb, eventually leading to a crucial turning point in the war. […]

The bombing of Hiroshima has been a battling controversy on whether or not the United States did the right thing. On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Then on August 9, 1945, only three days from the bombing of Hiroshima, Nagasaki was bombed by the U.S. as well. The bombing […]

Atomic bombs have only been used twice in war. Both occurrences took place in Japan and were dropped by the United States. Being that the United States is the only country to employ atomic warfare and it has only occurred twice in history, it is often asked if these attacks were necessary and/or justified. Some […]

The scientific triumph of the United States creating the first atomic bomb induced a human tragedy when in August of 1945, President Harry Truman, who was seeking a quick end to the war, used the bomb on the Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending the world war and initiating the age of atomic weapons . […]

Ronald Reagan’s Influence on American Politics Ronald Reagan was definitely 1 of the most remembered presidents in United States background. Though a great deal of his phrase in business office controversial, Ronald Reagan redefined the intent of authorities in the course of the Reagan Revolution, which hardened the conservative agenda for years immediately after he […]

Nuclear warfare is generally posited as fundamentally various from typical warfare.A  Unquestionably they are conceived of as so, considering that dominating the cultural creativity in the Second Globe War (Gamson, 1989, 2).A  Dozens of films have been built depicting disasters prompted by nuclear war in the previous handful of a long time, primarily when the […]

Nuclear strength, also acknowledged as atomic vitality, is the potent strength produced by adjustments in the nucleus of atoms. A big amount of vitality is concentrated in the nucleus owing to the incredibly solid pressure that holds the nucleus jointly (Nuclear Electricity 2017). The releasing of that vitality stored in the nucleus results in massive […]

The Dynamics of Nuclear Disarmament Multilateral Negotiations I. Introduction In 1957, Henry Kissinger aptly wrote that ‘ever since the end of the Second World War brought us not the peace we sought so earnestly, but an uneasy armistice, we have responded by what can best be described as a flight into technology: by devising ever […]

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Nuclear diplomacy worldwide is in a state of flux. Nuclear deterrence is being overhauled to accommodate missile defence and arms control is facing a precedent challenge. The contemporary situation is very different from what the world faced two decades ago. As a non nuclear nation India had certain perspective on issues […]

North Korea’s nuclear arms have come to be a regarding challenge for the United States and for the world. Several alternatives have been considered as an different to a mass war, but none of the methods have been executed. This impending nuclear war would consequence in common disaster. North Korea is thought to have extra […]

North Korea proceeds to be a threat to the United States simply because it behaves as a rogue state actor on the world phase, has made an illegal nuclear weapons system and abilities, together with continuously perpetrating human legal rights violations in opposition to its citizens. This behavior by North Korea has escalated in the […]

The use of Nuclear Weapons underneath beat problems has only happened twice in recorded history, on August 6th and 9th of 1945. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were essential, and a lot extra useful to the United States and its allies, than sending troops into a land-dependent invasion of Japan.  By initiating this […]

For most individuals in the United States, August 6th and 9th pass without recognition, slipping by as everyday summer times. These times, having said that, are carved into the cultural identities of two towns in Japan. This 12 months marked the 73rd anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan […]

The Manhattan Challenge: the code name for the exertion to establish atomic bombs for the United States all through WW2. The definition of this historic job is not that hard to occur by. But what was the cause guiding it? Why did the United States have a have to have to acquire atomic bombs? The […]

Atomic Bomb   How can you define a Nuclear Weapon? What consequences can a nuclear weapon trigger to the humanity? What can be completed to protect against a nuclear War? How does nuclear weapon operate?   In accordance to Intercontinental marketing campaign to abolish nuclear weapons, 9 nations around the world in the globe have […]

The Cold War Events with the tribulations of Nazi Germany coming to an end, Adolf Hitler’s suicide, and the definitive surrender of the Germans, it seemed that anticipation of an optimistic future was within reach, however, a new threat loomed not so shortly after with the Soviet Union establishing communist governments and the U.S.S.R. became […]