Why was the decision made to drop the atomic bomb during WWII

What Prompted the Decision to Drop the Drop Atomic Bomb

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The events that influenced the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan have had an immense impact on the history of war as well as on the relationship between U .S , Russia and the Asian continent at large . The dropping of the Little boy ' and the Fat man ' atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively has since great controversy among journalists , historians

, veterans of the World War II , social scientists and the citizenry . People have since questioned the integrity of President Truman 's decision to authorize the bombing . For instance , John Hersey wrote Hiroshima ' which was published in 1946 in the New Yorker criticizing the atomic diplomacy . An analysis of the events preceding the dropping of bomb show that there was more to the dropping of the bomb than just ending the war and saving lives . To date , controversy continues to grow on the issue of whether Truman authorized the bombing to end the war by asserting for an unconditional surrender by Japan or if it was a move to intimidate the Soviet Union or for political diplomacy

James Bryne , the then U .S National Security Advisor was driven by the intention to show might by demonstrating possession atomic weaponry and thus make the Soviet Union more manageable . From Bryne 's perspective Russia would become subjective to U .S and thus would be...