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The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan by Wilson D. Miscamble C.S.C.

The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan Wilson D. Miscamble C.S.C. ebook
Format: pdf
ISBN: 052173536X, 9780521735360
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Page: 190

The Unites States' nuclear attack on Japan carries many similarities to the MacDonald massacre, and as a result, can be enlightened by the dirty hands problem: that any unjust or immoral act is justifiable if done for the greater good. According to Miscamble, neither Truman nor his secretary of state James Byrnes “raised any questions regarding whether the atomic bomb was a legitimate weapon of war. President Truman's decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been arguably one of the most controversial decisions in American history if not the most. -”The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.”. It focuses on President Harry S. Forces by Japanese forces during the Pearl Harbor attack was regarded as “murder,” by the same token the U.S. With the war for mainland Japan consuming most of American manpower, Truman failed to prevent Turkey, Iran, Greece, Italy and Korea from falling into the communist camp. Should Despite the Emperor's urging, a small group refused to admit defeat. But with Truman vehemently against the atomic bomb and the Soviet invasion of Japan imminent, the United States had no choice but to go forward with the plans for Operation Olympic. Miscamble rightly distinguishes the question of “necessity” from the question of “morality”; even if the use of the bomb were necessary to shorten the war and save many Americans, and perhaps even some Japanese and other Asian lives, was it a morally defensible decision that Truman made? Marshall, i.e., two of the However, the evidence the defense counsel asked the court to examine in assessing the atomic bombing was rejected by a majority decision by the judges, and deliberation on this issue was never conducted.6. Thus he implied that if the killing of combatants of the U.S. The Most Controversial Decision - Wilson D. With the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed by atomic weapons, Emperor Showa's will was tested. To make this decision Truman had to wave aside concerns about post blast radiation, which was an unknown quantity at that time, and even the possibility of an unstoppable chain reaction in the atmosphere which would destroy the world. This decision has become one of the most controversial political actions in world history, split between the revisionists who argue against Truman and traditionalists who favor the decision. Then it came the news that the Soviet Union Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Cousins writes of his conversations with MacArthur, "MacArthur's views about the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were starkly different than what the general public supposed. This book explores the American use of atomic bombs and the role these weapons played in the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II.