The Manhattan Project was such an important project because it not only ended World War II but it brought the world into the nuclear age and the new era of the cold war. ... The way the United States ended World War II was a show of international dominance that the world had never seen before. ... At the end of World War II, only the United States possessed the atomic bomb. ... In conclusion, the project to create the atomic bomb was the most important event since 1877 because it pushed the United States into the nuclear era and helped to end the largest war the world has ever seen, saving c...

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The world obviously survived nuclear weapon use in Japan and the hundreds of above ground and underground nuclear weapons tests that were conducted during the 30 year period following the end of World War II. ... (2) If nations cannot test nuclear weapons, they cannot build nuclear weapons. ... This argument is so irrational it causes otherwise reasonable people to overlook myths [2] and [3]. ... (5) The use of a single nuclear weapon by one of the nuclear nation states for military purposes would spark a world wide nuclear war. ... During the cold war this was a reasonable assessm...

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The question of a second front during World War II laid the foundation for this mistrust. In order to understand the Cold War, one must understand Soviet motives for expansion following the WWII and the consequences of such expansion, most importantly in regards to Poland, all of which will be examined. ... A root cause of this mistrust began during the Second World War. ... Poland was unquestionably of the greatest concern to the Soviets, as it had been used as a launching pad for the invasion of Russia during both World Wars. ... Though the Second World War was primarily a war for fascist wo...

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World War II's impact On the Homefront "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy-The United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval air forces of the Empire of Japan...I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Empire of Japan... The American people were questioning what they had in there lives in America on which they had based their lives.(2) The feeling of security in your own house had melted away from people. ....

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More importantly, it was a major center for the manufacture of war materials before and during World War II. ... During the war, the people of Japan had created desperately optimistic rumors for themselves. It is almost as if they had invented a world of fantasy. But this world of fantasy was really a world of deception. ... But the people of Japan were told that the retreat was not because Japan was losing the war, but because they had almost won the war and they wanted to finish the battle on home soil. ...

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Just before the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. ... Styer called the Manhattan Project "the most important job in the war . . . an all-out effort to build an atomic bomb."... (Outlaw 2) At the time, Uranium-235 was hard to extract. ... "(2) After this process was completed, "Ernest O. ... "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." ...

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The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was "a terrible thing, but it had to be done" (Holmes 2). ... It seems like a terrible thing, but it was necessary in order to bring back peace to the world at the smallest cost possible. ... Some critics believe that "Japanese lives were sacrificed simply for power politics between the U.S. and the Soviet Union" (Dietrich 2), which tied to the Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. ... By using the atomic bombs, Truman "saved 'the lives of hundreds of thousands of Japanese boys...

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Unknowingly they came to an isolated mountain setting, known as Los Alamos, New Mexico, to design and build the bomb that would end World War 2, but begin serious controversies concerning its sheer power and destruction. ... It seemed an appropriate topic because I am presently studying World War 2 in my history Class. ... The Manhattan Project was the code name for the US effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb. ... Robert Oppenheimer (Wood 2). ... Many people, including the scientists that developed the bomb, opposed the bombings and felt that it was immoral to kill that many i...

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The advantages and disadvantages of such a decision could possibly effect much of the known world. ... The causes of them being set in the first place were the actions by Saddam Hussein around the time of the Gulf War. ... The hesitation of the lifting of the sanctions comes from many parts of the world. ... Even though the United States and the United Nations would be basically saving the people of Iraq from all starving to death, there is probably not one person in the world who wouldn't doubt that these weapons of mass destruction would be used again if given the chance. ... The p...

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It tells the story, of six different inhabitants of Hiroshima, 2 doctors, 2 women, and 2 religious men. ... Tanimoto) writes a letter to an American friend saying that everything that has happened was just a great sacrifice by the Japanese people, towards the goal of World Peace. ... She also struggles with poverty after the war, due to the fact that radiation sick people are not offered jobs. ... She busy caring for her children, therefore she never emerges as a leader or important character in the community. ... It allowed me to have a much fuller understanding of the topic. 5) As mentioned...

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The Cuban missile crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. ... The crisis almost became World War 3 and the 1st nuclear War. This would have produced a catastrophe that would of affected the people who lived in Cuba. ... Kennedy immediately organized the EX-COMM a group of his twelve most important advisors to handle the crisis. ... A U-2 was shot down over Cuba and EX-COMM received a second letter from Khrushchev demanding the removal of U.S. missile in Turkey in exchange for Soviet missile in Cuba. ...

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The aftermath of World War 2 caused the world to turn around and examine the extent of our technology. With the introduction of the atomic bomb in the Second World War, the allies were given a weapon so powerful that no one dare provoke them. ... This is perhaps what most people fear of cloning. ... It is important to remember that with the delightful come the dire. ... "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones" Alberta Einstein. ...

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Secretary of war Henry L. ... It was said that America was perfecting a bomb with enough explosive to destroy the world. ... Very ironic considering they decided to drop two atomic bombs on 2 Japanese cities housing completely innocent civilians. ... On the 11th June, Stimson received a very important letter from Truman, which he in turn had received from Herbert Hoover. ... His idea of pleasing his people was to show their immense power by dropping a bomb. ...

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The whole city was leveled and nearly 200,000 people died as of a direct result of the blast or long-term radiation exposure. This author disagrees with a few aspects that Truman was coming from when he made the world-changing decision. ... But Ernest Rutherford contributed the most important observations that led to the bomb itself. ... The dropping of the atomic bomb in WWII, in this writer's view, can be justified as an act of war. ... America is a democracy and democracy is a representation of the people....

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On August 6, 1945 and August 9, 1945 were days in history like no other (Alperovitz 2). ... The atomic bombs were being developed to use against Japan towards the end of World War II.  ... A survivor described the damage to people saying, "The appearance of people was well, they all had skin blackened by burns they had no hair because their hair was burned, and at a glance you couldn't tell whether you were looking at them from in front or in back they held their arms bent [forward] like this and their skin- not only on their hands, but on their faces and bodies too- hung down if th...

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A nuclear war could start at any moment. ... Détente died/failed because the US Senate refused to ratify SALT 2 after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. ... People want to have a complete disarmament because they don't want repeats of Nagasaki and more importantly Hiroshima. ... In the 1920's a Viennese newspaper ran a competition for the worlds most astonishing headline. ... CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) have made many protests all over the world and as I have mentioned above the biggest was held in New York City in 1982 where half a million people gathe...

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Arms race [1] now is an important world issue. ... In that year America dropped 2 atomic bombs in Japan each one of them destroyed a city. ... For example, recently, Japan had a nuclear crisis, and this event let people in the world feel unsafe. ... In 911, they use airplane and destroyed the World Trade Center. ... But these people use a huge amount of money to produce nuclear weapons which could cause war and that could not provide us security. ...

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A weapon that the world may not have been ready for. ... Within a few months, scientist in America, and Europe, and American ally, had made two important discoveries. ... They also showed that each fission event released 2 or 3 neutrons. ... "A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. ... In one split - second 39,000 people...

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Have you ever had to pick up a new piece of hardware or technology and look at it like "What in the world is this?... Everyone was just simply ready to end the war. ... Another con, killing innocent people. Granted, anyone involved between a war of two nations may not be so innocent. ... Taking longer for a surrender would mean a more likely of a chance of an invasion, which was the most important thing to prevent. ...

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There comes the uncertainty of what the other people will do, denote it or not? ... The Cuban Missile Crisis is a very important historic crisis due to the fact that it was the closest event the world ever came to nuclear war. ... The United States found out about the missiles when Richard Heyser a pilot a U-2 pilot flew over Cuba and took photographs of the construction of Soviet missiles. ... Consequently, if there is no intention to tighten that knot and thereby to doom the world to the catastrophe of thermonuclear war, then let us not only relax the forces pulling on the ends of the rope...

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These differences show the variety of concepts of war. ... As John Locke discusses in his Two Treatises of Government (1690), a representative government should represent the individual rights of the people (Locke). ... One can see why the concept of self interest is important as Iraq is withholding weapons of mass destruction. ... These resolutions were formed on August 2 and 6, 1990. ... This important resolution would end the Gulf War in a ceasefire agreement. ...

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In the spring of 1945, American forces continued to fight Japan in the Second World War. ... To the U.S. government (Truman) and military, successfully creating a nuclear bomb an important objective. ... Truman did not wish to drag out the war any longer. ... Many believe that the bombs were dropped simply to justify the $2 billion spent on its development. ... The majority of people affected by the bombings were elderly men, women, and children. ...

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Developing nations all over the world have gradually acquired these weapons much to the dismay of the U.S. government, yet there is a larger threat at hand. ... This mutual deterrence is an important safeguard. ... Highly enriched uranium is scarcely found on the black market, but there is a massive accumulation of it in Russia "an estimate of 2 million pounds (27). ... Khan was a hero not just in Pakistan, but throughout the Islamic world and beyond. ... "Publicly he is disapproved of by governments and the press, but privately people still hold him high- (77). ...

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1.0 Introduction The international security has been shifted by the tectonic geopolitical role of cold war. ... However, some critics have argued that the traditional definition of international need to be redefined but must retain important aspect of human agency. ... Some world power are flexing their muscle by threaten sovereign state. ... In fact, Putin has intensified the cold war between the west and Russia that risk Russia losing it international reputation. ... The emotional relationship between Russia and Crimea affected how people perceive foreign policy. ...

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Only a few short hours after the defeat Hillary Clinton stated that "this vote sent a dangerous message to people around the world, to our allies, and to Americans at home" (Nagourney B5). ... You are aware that a 2/3rd majority is needed to ratify treaties in the Senate, and this Treaty was defeated by a vote of 51 to 48, not even close to the lines of ratification. ... World War II started shortly after the United States made the decision that consequentially turned its back on the international community. Our country is important to the success of international relations. ... ...

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