Question

The decision to deploy nuclear bombs was largely made by one individual: President Truman. Do you think that it is acceptable for one person to wield so much power? Explain why or why not, grounding your answer with at least one historical circumstance that you have learned in this lesson.

Answer 1

A feeling of vindication and a desire to end the war strengthened the resolve of the United States to quickly and decisively conclude it. President Harry Truman had many alternatives at his disposal for ending the war: invade the Japanese mainland, hold a demonstration of the destructive power of the atomic bomb for Japanese dignitaries, drop an atomic bomb on selected industrial Japanese cities, bomb and blockade the islands, wait for Soviet entry into the war on August 15, or mediate a compromised peace. Operation Olympia, a full scale landing of United States armed forces, was already planned for Kyushu on November 1, 1945 and a bomb and blockade plan had already been instituted over the Japanese mainland for several months.

Step-by-step explanation: