Hiroshima and Nagasaki stand as the worst atrocities ever committed in the history of warfare. The United States committed the most terrible mistake in its history, that they could not foresee all these catastrophic consequences and radiation of the atomic bomb. Only after this historical event, people gained a knowledge about the atomic weapon itself and about its horrifying impact on the life. Albert Einstein said that ‘‘I know with what kind of weapons World War Three will be fought, but World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones.’’ Despite Truman said that the target will be a purely military one and he will warn the Japanese asking them to surrender, the reality was that women, children and just innocent people became the target
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However, the atomic bomb did not limit the power of the Soviet Union as the Americans thought, but on the contrary helped to shape the Soviet view of the nature of the relationship and of the appropriate policies to pursue. After Hiroshima, Stalin’s keen interest in the bomb did not mean that he was terrified by its awesome power, but instead he wanted it as a status symbol of a great power. The atomic bomb became an ultimate weapon, which will be making wars more dangerous and lead to the competition between the great powers. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the culmination of that process, became the symbols of a new American barbarism, reinforcing charges, with dramatic circumstantial evidence, that the policies of the United States contributed to the origins of the Cold War. There would be no Peace unless the Allies could cooperate and preserve the unity of the Big Three. This terrifying historical event became a starting point in the unfolding of the ideological Cold War, which made a transition of former allies on the path of mutual hatred and distrust. Consequently, it had led the USSR and the United States to the historical nuclear arms race. To put it a bit crudely, we can regard Hiroshima as the final American strike of the Second World War, and Nagasaki as its first strike in
However, the atomic bomb did not limit the power of the Soviet Union as the Americans thought, but on the contrary helped to shape the Soviet view of the nature of the relationship and of the appropriate policies to pursue. After Hiroshima, Stalin’s keen interest in the bomb did not mean that he was terrified by its awesome power, but instead he wanted it as a status symbol of a great power. The atomic bomb became an ultimate weapon, which will be making wars more dangerous and lead to the competition between the great powers. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the culmination of that process, became the symbols of a new American barbarism, reinforcing charges, with dramatic circumstantial evidence, that the policies of the United States contributed to the origins of the Cold War. There would be no Peace unless the Allies could cooperate and preserve the unity of the Big Three. This terrifying historical event became a starting point in the unfolding of the ideological Cold War, which made a transition of former allies on the path of mutual hatred and distrust. Consequently, it had led the USSR and the United States to the historical nuclear arms race. To put it a bit crudely, we can regard Hiroshima as the final American strike of the Second World War, and Nagasaki as its first strike in