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The Decision to Drop The bomb (Reasons For (Morality of Evil Axis, Warning…
The Decision to Drop The bomb
Reasons For
Morality of Evil Axis
Warning to Soviets
Unconditional Surrender
New Toy Syndrome!
Value of US lives V Japanese lives
Pandoras Box/Human Nature
Potsdam declaration
Did not surrender after Hiroshima
Japanese Mindset
Experience of Pacific Theatre
Japanese Atrocities
To keep Russia out of Pacific Theatre
Great power statement
Conclusion?synthesis
Role of Hindsite
Difficult decision but necessary
Easy to be critical outside the bubble
Had it not been used then maybe later and more catastrophically
Pressures of democracy/accountability
Reasons Against
Cost of Women and children
Loss of Moral high ground
Role of Emperor in Japanese life
Considered to be divine
Soviets already Knew/Spys
Stalin's reaction at Potsdam
Could have been demonstrated in Tokyo harbour
Russia very weak
Introduction
Set the context
End of a long war
Alliances were crumbling
Soviets were in control of Eastern Europe