Essays on Hiroshima

Genocides start because of the conflict between people of same race or religion attempting to displace the different race or religion. Conflicting interests between individuals from different race or religion can result to genocides. In the 20th century, over 250 million people have lost their lives due to genocides. Millions of people are left at risk of the exposure due to increased incidences of mass violence. Data and knowledge that indicates the long-term mental health effects that come with the exposure to the genocide remains scattered. Genocides have led to mass violence and displacement of people since it stirs Continue reading...

Godzilla is the monstrous dinosaur awakened from his deep slumber in the depths of the sea and started raising havoc in Tokyo, Japan. Godzilla is a movie set during 1954 with a baggage of controversies, issues, appreciations and critics. Godzilla is more than just the rubber monster destroying toy trains and buildings. He is more than the flames he breathes to the human population in the film He is more than just mutated dinosaur. Godzilla is a symbol of fear for something bigger. He is a shadow of the nuclear weapons.
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It is argued that nuclear weapons pose one of the greatest dangers not only to human life, but also the environment as a whole. According to the environmental scientists, nuclear weapons could cause climate changes, commonly known as nuclear winter, which could endanger the life on earth. Through extensive research, these scientists argue that a few Hiroshima-sized bombs, about 50-100, could generate more than enough soot and smoke to cause climate change (Harrell). Furthermore, nuclear weapons production causes water, soil, and air pollution. Many of the substances released in the process remain hazardous for several years. This kind of Continue reading...

Father John Siemes was a Jesuit priest who was living in the Novitiate of the Society of Jesus at Nagatsuka, Japan during the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1943. Amidst the destruction and confusion that the detonation caused the Hiroshima populace, the detonation did not greatly affect a community of Jesuit fathers in a nearby parish. Practically, all the present members in the community, among them Fr. John Siemes, were unscathed. The building that housed the community remained upright despite the fact that the shelling destroyed all the buildings within the vicinity of the city.
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It is important to comprehend the reason why Hiroshima was a likely target. According to Hersey (107), “the ruined city had flourished and had been an inviting target mainly because it had been one of the most important military- command and communications centres in Japan, and would have become the Imperial headquarters had the islands been invaded and Tokyo been captured.” In other words, how had the dropping of the bomb changed the lives of the survivors? Was the decision by the United States government to hit Hiroshima with the atomic bomb necessary? Should the Japanese have been forewarned Continue reading...

The argument presented in the “Petition to the president of the United States” is quite successfully crafted and factual. Given the extensive destructive nature and long-term effects of atomic bombs, the president should have practiced extreme restraint in authorizing the usage of atomic bombs. Why would someone use a weapon whose radiation effects are bound to genetically affect successive generations of any survivors? What authority would someone have as to deliberately taint the genes of an entire generation? It is plain inhumane to use atomic bombs on any animal or plant let alone a human being. Scores should always Continue reading...

The Second World War is the largest in the history of humanity war unleashed by Nazi Germany, Italy and militaristic Japan. During the war, there were involved 61 countries with a population of 1.7 billion people. Military operations were conducted in 40 states, as well as at marine and ocean theaters.
World War II was the most bloody and brutal military conflict in human history and the only one in which the nuclear weapons were used. The dates of the start and end of the war are among the most significant for the entire civilized world (Rees, 2008).
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Explosives are a rather young industry. Despite the stereotype of it being primarily used for military purposes, it has come to be applied in a variety of fields. It stand to reason that explosives have given belligerent parties a strategic advantage on the battlefield, yet their application is well documented in areas other than the military industrial complex. It is quite difficult to envision the peaceful demolition of decrepit structures that are up for destruction due to the degrading state of the framework. The extractive industry is dependent on explosives inasmuch as mineworkers need their way cleared or portions Continue reading...

Introduction

Nuclear weapons should be abolished or not has been debated since the making of these weapons. This is one of highly debated and disputed issues. There are a number of people who believe that nuclear weapons should exist because they are necessary for the safety and maintaining peace in the world. A number of people, on the other hand, believe that nuclear weapons can only destroy the humanity. They are a threat to the world and they should be abolished in order to make a peaceful world. This research paper aims to propose a discussion on nuclear weapons and Continue reading...

Nuclear weapons and safety of the world is one of much debated issues. Different people have different opinions on nuclear weapons. Some argue that nuclear weapons are responsible for mass murders and they are absolutely irrelevant in a civilized world. Several others, on the other hand, argue that nuclear weapons are necessary for the safety of the world. The difference of opinion among people on the issue of nuclear weapons is not new and exists since the making of atom bombs. Even this difference of opinion existed among scientists who invented atom bombs. Scientists used to believe that atom Continue reading...

Analysis of Hiroshima, Mon Amour

When Alain Resnais’ debut feature Hiroshima, Mon Amour opened in 1959, it was celebrated in Cahiers du Cinema as the first really “modern film.” The positive reviews poured in, mostly focusing on the sophistication of the movie. It was not only a success in France, though; it played for half a year in London and New York City, and it became the symbol for the “new wave” of film that was emerging from France (Kreidl). From the very outset, this is a powerful film that continues to leave a significant impact on its audience.
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On the 6th of August 1945, a B-29 bomber deployed the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima. The detonation of the atomic bomb resulted in the instantaneous death of more than 80,000 people. Several days later, another atomic weapon was detonated in Nagasaki, resulting in the deaths of more than 40,000 Japanese. President Harry Truman authorized the deployment of the weapons over the two cities; at present, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb attacks are the only ones in history. In the succeeding months, an estimated 100,000 died a slow and extremely painful death resulting from Continue reading...

Gojira is a science fiction movie based on Japanese culture that was produced and directed by Toho and Ishirō Honda respectively (Tsutsui and Michiko 25). With the help of special effects specialist Eiji Tsuburaya, the director, and the producer of this film were able to exemplify the themes and consequently the main objective of this film (Johnston et. Al 12). Apparently, issues that are epitomized in the film predominantly resonate with the subjects related to the post-war experiences the Japanese people underwent particularly after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In addition, this film makes apparent the role of Continue reading...

Global Conflict and Security: Nuclear Proliferation

Introduction
Nuclear weapons are considered to bring harm and destruction to nations, bringing endless deaths and trauma to citizens. However, Kenneth Waltz and Scott D. Sagan argued that, the existence of nuclear weapons provides safe reliance to the nation rather than having no nuclear weapons. Kenneth advocated existence of nuclear weapons for this brought prestige to nations and enemies would not dare to attack. He states that wars would be avoided by much consideration of powers a nation would hold; if the opponent country were weak, they would attack and win. Nuclear weapons are sources of peace, Kenneth states. Continue reading...

The time period surrounding the years of World War Two are widely recognized as one of the most violent periods in human history. 1939 to 1945 have been marred as a global conflict that involved most of the world. Though the fighting during the previous World War One was restricted to European soil, World War Two saw battles extending out of Europe and into Africa Asia, and America. The global effort of defeating the Axis nations left devastation in its aftermath. Some of the aftermath issues including financial, social and infrastructure damage for many of the countries that were Continue reading...

Introduction

While on his way to Hiroshima, it was around 7:30 a.m. when Captain William Parsons inserted the detonator along with the explosive charge into the bomb. It was around 8:16 a.m. (Japanese time) when the bomb exploded in Hiroshima over Dr. Shima’s Clinic. The glowing fireball had a temperature of about 50,000 degrees. Soon after this attack, another major city of Japan was attacked. It was basically the idea of General Leslie Groves, General Farrel and Admiral Purnell to launch two atomic bombs on Japan; the first bomb would demonstrate power and the second would tell the Continue reading...

Obedience to authority goes a long way and has been met with little rebellion or questions. That is how strong Obedience of authority is and even if the act is inhumane or dehumanising, obedience to authority ensures that a majority of people will still carry on with the inhumane act as long as authority orders it.
Obedience genuinely refers to the orders that people partake and listen to before carrying them out on a particular assignment. Authority figures are people who give such orders and are seen as people who will either punish or reward, for the orders that Continue reading...

HIROSHIMA AND THE ISIS

The Horrors of War: Hiroshima and the ISIS
Hiroshima
The Eyewitness Account of Fr. John A. Siemes

Events and damage

The day, August 6, 1945, started like any other sunny and pleasant. At about 8:15 in the morning, however, things changed. The atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima. Nobody knew that what kind of bomb it was. Given the intensity of the damage and explosion, the residents of the novitiate, which was about two kilometers away from the city proper, thought that a bomb exploded only nearby.
After the explosion, Fr. Siemes and his companions went out to check and saw the Continue reading...

Introduction

Question 1. how and why the incident happened (what conditions allowed the incident to happen)?
Hiroshima is located in the west of the largest Japanese island of Honshu. The town's name translates as "Wide Island". It is so named because the bayou Ota, flowing from the mountains to the plains Chugoku, where the Hiroshima formed at the confluence of the Inner Sea 6 islands protrude into Hiroshima Bay. They located the city. Hiroshima worth almost entirely in the valley, only slightly above sea level; to the north-west and north-east lie the hills, up to 700 feet (Rotter, 2008).
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Perhaps the most notable effect of World War II is the formation of the United Nations, a body that reins over most of today’s world issues. Initially, the term United Nations was used in 1942 as the World War II raged on. In the month of January 1942, representatives from about 26 nations that were at war gathered in Washington and signed the Atlantic Charter and pledged that their governments would fight together against the Axis. However, major leaders of the Allies nations proposed an international organization that would be based on the equality of all nations with Continue reading...

Section One: Japan was a large country and America could have chosen many places to bomb. However, according to the author, Hiroshima made more sense than others. It was a highly strategic economic and military base and it “commanded the defense for all of southern Japan.” (HERSEY, p. 12) It seems like Tokyo would make more sense but Tokyo was more a symbolic place for politicians and not home to the bustling industrial and military bases that Hiroshima was. Furthermore, it was a place where many munitions were made that Japan would have used in places like Tokyo. It Continue reading...

The Second World War or World War II was fought globally and lasted for six years; the war began in 1939 and ended in 1945. In the history, it is remembered as the most extensive war that involved over one hundred million people from various countries and had devastating effects. Additionally, the war included all the world’s great powers and eventually formed two conflicting military alliances known as the axis and the allies. The principal members of the axis powers included Italy, Japan, and Germany. On the other hand, the main countries that formed the Allies included the Continue reading...

Hiroshima

Section One:
Hiroshima was an ideal target for the American bombing because the city holds great military importance, “Hiroshima was a city of considerable military importance (HERSEY, P. 66). It comprises of the headquarters of the 5th division and the Field Marshal Hata’s second General Army Headquarters that has commanded the defense of entire southern Japan. Furthermore, the city was also known for communication, “The city was a communications center, a storage point, and an assembly area for troops (HERSEY, P. 66). Furthermore, the city was chosen for bombing as it has not suffered any damage from the Continue reading...

According to the book, Hiroshima was an ideal target for American bombing. Americans had destroyed all the important cities of Japan with the exception of Kyoto and Hiroshima. This fan shaped city lay on the flat delta land of the river named Ota, which ran across the big town through seven outlets. Three quarters of its population lived in the central area consisting of over four square miles. Many of the people were evacuated to other safer places as the Japanese were aware that this city was the target of the American bombing and the population which was at Continue reading...

In the wake of the second world war and with the entry into what would come to be known as the “nuclear age”, the world knew that nothing would be the same in the second half of the 20th century. Arguably, nobody felt the dawn of the nuclear age greater than Japan following the devastation and chaos caused by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. First-hand accounts of the bombings were frightening; people screaming, fleeing, desperate to find cover, while a blinding light and a sudden blazing heat suddenly filled the air, followed swiftly by an ominous roar, a steady Continue reading...

INTERNATIONAL LAW

In an article titled, ‘The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb,’ Henry L. Stimson, tries to justify why he and his team of scientists felt the need to drop the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Stimson, the then Secretary of War, in a race to beat Germany, used the atomic bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. From Stimson’s view, while the use of the bomb was effective in bringing an end to the war, and also justified the huge sum of money and time spent on the ‘Manhattan’ project, it just couldn’t justify using it Continue reading...

During the post-World War II era, with the rise of the Cold War and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, America itself began to fear the atom. With nuclear bombs already having been used to end World War II, the public realized that humanity had the potential to destroy the entire world with the push of a button. To that end, the United States government did everything it could to try to assuage the fears of a rightfully-worried public about the threat of nuclear destruction. Through the use of playful animation, propaganda films, and the futile strategies of fallout shelters, Continue reading...

The Cold War, started in the year 1947 up until 1991. It is very well documented in books, documentaries, movies and in many other forms. It was sustained military and political tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. It began after the two countries formed an alliance that eventually defeated the Nazi Germany in the Second World War. They were the only two major superpowers, with great political and economic differences. George Orwell an English writer, was the person responsible for coining the name ‘Cold War’. Cold War was basically a situation where by the two countries, Continue reading...

The twentieth century saw number of significant developments and inventions that changed the overall outlook of the world. Out of all these inventions and explorations, atomic bomb was one that had greater impact on the world. The impact of nuclear bomb was strategic, political, economic, social and moral.
The first of these events and so far the only instance when the nuclear bomb was experimented took place in the middle of Second World War over Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Langley, 88). It occurred when the atrocities and offensives of Japanese troops and fighters grew beyond the bearable threshold and United Continue reading...

In James Morrow’s novella Shambling Towards Hiroshima, a man is hired by the US government to put on a rubber monster suit and put on a demonstration in which he destroys a small city, in order to completely end World War II. As his main character says of his intentions for the beast, “I hope to make this magnificent lizard as famous a symbol for the abolition of nuclear weapons as Smokey the Bear has become for the prevention of forest fires” (Morrow 162). This scenario is an obvious homage to the Godzilla films from Japan’s Toho Continue reading...

Introduction

Characteristic of World War II reveal intensive use of lethal types of both offensive and defensive weaponry. A global activity employed all efforts from the warring sides to ensure victory. The recent inventions and discoveries in science and technology contributed immensely to the manufacture and transportation of the lethal weapons of mass destruction that were used during the war.
A wide variety of weapons was deployed by the opposing sides. Such weapons include Handguns, grenades and explosives, nuclear weapons and machine guns. All these weapons were deployed in to use by different parties in the war due to the Continue reading...

Many people believe that we now live in a world where we can make decisions – women are allowed to choose if and when they want to get pregnant so they take pills to ensure they have their choice. However just like with birth control, there is a lot of debate on euthanasia. Many people are of the opinion that euthanasia should not be allowed. Euthanasia is the process of allowing someone dies willingly and has being mercy killing by many. Unfortunately it is the killing that gets many people riled up as they are of the opinion that lives Continue reading...

The Pacific War in History and Memory

Nuclear bombings
The atomic bombings of 6th and 9th August 1945 at Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain among the most significant historical events of all time. The event is of special significance to Japan being the only nation that has ever experienced the effects of nuclear destruction in war. As stated by Dower, “The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are a symbol of the tragic absurdity that war can bring to a nation.” Although Hiroshima’s physical location is in Japan, its experience of the atomic bomb has been transformed into a transnational and international incident that is discussed by Continue reading...

Introduction

The morning of August 6, 1945 an American B-29 bomber «Enola Gay» (crew commander - Colonel Paul Tibbets) dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima atomic bomb («Little Boy»). Three days later, the atomic bomb («Fat Man") was dropped on Nagasaki.
Estimates of human losses from attacks are hampered by three factors: the low reliability of the statements in this difficult time for Japan, a large number of victims who died months or years later after bombing, and periodic desire to exaggerate or minimize the loss depending on Japan’s political intentions. It is estimated that 140,000 people Continue reading...

The Documentary movie “Hiroshima”by BBC reflects one of the most tragic event that has ever occurred during World War II, when atomic bomb was dropped on the civil town Hiroshima.By July 1945 the war in Europehas almost came to the end because Nazis were defeated by the Soviets with the allied forces, the last step to the total victory was to destroy German ally Japanese armed forces.
The movie starts from the test of the secret weapon in New Mexico, created by American scientists. It was completely new, unknown, ultimate weapon that could destroy completely everything by Infrared Continue reading...

Introduction

On the quiet morning of August 6, 1945, the United States shocked the world by dropping an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima was a main industrial city with that had a projected population that was somewhere around 400,000 individuals. On a bright day, A B-29 bomber was loaded with the Atomic Bomb and shipped out of the air base at 2:45 a.m. local time and the next thing people knew, an entire city went up in smoke at exactly 8:15 a.m. This essay will examine the atomic bomb and the devastating effect it had Continue reading...

Socio-Political Impact of Nuclear Power

The debate on the usability and safety of nuclear power has returned back to the limelight due to the on-going issue in Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant, and the growing number of nations trying to accumulate nuclear power for their national interest. Nuclear power remains as a crucial topic of national importance for many nations since the discussions for nuclear proliferation and disarmament took place after the Second World War. However, some nations had retained its use for electricity and for other applicable sciences. With the debate on nuclear power back due to the countries trying to harness such volatile Continue reading...

During the hot summer months of 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on August 6. It was known as the first atomic bomb that was ever to be plummeted on a city. It was released from an American plane on the 245,000 occupants of Hiroshima, Japan. This left a lot of the city desolated and thousands of its inhabitants dead. Some of its individuals were able to survive and endure the incapacitating effects of chronic radiation sickness and burns. This proposal will deal with the six lives of those that were able to survive the explosion and Continue reading...

Introduction

World War II, one the mournful era in the chronicle of the globe, array from 1939 to 1945 and implicated roughly the whole world. Territories were ruined shaped or distorted perpetually. 1943 marked the consolidation period for both the United States and Japan. However, Japan has already started to prepare for their next action for invasion. The United States on the other hand is engaged in a debate to identify the best strategy to employ the available troops and resources. After periods of long volatile debate, it was decided that the best strategy to defeat the Japanese is to Continue reading...

Towards the end of World War 2, activities in the pacific theater intensified. The Japanese forces were trying all means to counter the strong American forces. However, their efforts went down the drain because the period between January 1944 and August 1945 spelled their doom. The Allied forces hatched a war-ending strategy dubbed operation Olympic. Their aim was to invade Japan, raid their ships and coastal regions and increase aerial attacks on Japanese territories. China was used as the bas for the allied forces where they launched long-range bombers from June 1944.
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