However, when the United States offered a peace agreement based on "Unconditional Surrender," the Japanese refused this offer as no provisions had been made for their Emperor. ... Sigal states, " one point was clear to senior [United States] officials, regardless of where they stood on war termination the critical condition for Japanese surrender was the assurance that the throne would be preserved" (Alperovitz 31). ... The Japanese were completely cut off from the rest of the world, as Robert Butow said, " the scales of the war had been tipped so steeply against the Japanese that no counterw...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He is a member of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. ... A terrorist group claims responsibility, and unless the United States meets their demands within a week, another explosion in a major city will occur... and then and another and another. ...

• Word Count: 3488
• Approx Pages: 14
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• Grade Level: High School