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Evaluate the justifications Truman gave in his decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan. Do you find them credible? Why or why not?

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President Truman justified his decision by pointing to the unprovoked Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour and the murder of American prisoners. A few days after the bombing he wrote: “When you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast.” What in the world does he mean by that......

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