... been to sustain the blockade that had already been in place. While being bombarded from the sky, a naval blockade strangled Japan's ability to import oil and other vital minerals, and its ability to produce war materials (Long). Due to the effective air, sea, and land blockade that was in ... drop the [atomic] bomb"(Alp 329). In the course of time, the effective naval blockade would have starved the Japanese into submission through a lack of oil, rice, medicine, and other essential materials, according to Chief of the U.S. Fleet and Naval Operations, Ernest King. The Allied forces were...

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... in Eastern Asia, Indo China and the Western Pacific. In July of 1940, the United States placed an embargo on materials exported to Japan, including oil, in the hope of curbing Japanese expansionism. America's determination to remain isolated from the World War II changed abruptly, following Japan's "surprise attack" ... struggle. Stimson, Truman, and others believed the invasion of the Japanese mainland would be extremely costly, and therefore, embraced the bomb as a military weapon use fully condoned and never questioned. (Outlook). The second major source of pressure on Truman and his ...

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... . In addition, "precision weapons could be used to seal these facilities, and thermo baric vacuum bombs that kill the occupants." A second useful tactic they offered is the consideration of a penetrating weapon already in use by the U.S. arsenal called BLU-116. A "smart fuse" is in development that will "allow the warhead to detonate at a very precise depth," escalating it's efficiency on bunkers ... like Saddam's. Levi and Hitchens" third suggestion is known as Deep Digger. While it maintains the appearance of a conventional missile, it will operate on "principles of dry drilling used i...

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