History Question & Answer Government and Domestic Policy

History Question & Answer Government and Domestic Policy

I will upload all document. The sources will be from the previous document that you did. This assignment is a continuation of the first assignment you did.

Part I

Select a research topic area for Project 1 based on which of the following areas interests you the most. You will explore the selected topic a little later in this theme.

Scientific and Technological Advances
Government and Domestic Policy	X
Military Strategy
International Relations and Japanese and American Civilians

Write a short paragraph about what you already knew about the topic you selected prior to this course, based on your personal history or experiences. This may include assumptions, beliefs, or values related to the topic. Be as detailed as possible.

The American government at the time was the only one in the world to possess the power of the atomic bomb.  This advantage was short-lived as Russia would soon follow with their own tests and version of the atom bomb and the nuclear age would be born.  The atomic bomb accelerated Russian fears of U.S. world dominance after World War II which drove them to create their own nuclear arsenal.  There was also Russia’s attitude of ascendancy on the world stage after beating back the German army at substantial costs to their own country; costs which Russia believed were much higher than the ones paid by the United States during the war.  Hindsight is always 20/20, but I think that if the U.S. had known more about the effects of atomic radiation, they would have taken more time to reconsider the use of the atomic bomb.  I have not ever considered what the decision to drop the atomic bombs had on the use of executive power.  I always thought that it was a necessity of war and a choice made as a measure of last resort given the projected casualty estimates of a conventional land invasion of the Japanese home islands.  It was the kind of “us versus them” decision that is often made in war from the battlefield all the way up through the halls of power in Washington, D.C.