... He feels that the dropping of the bomb was the first major operation of the cold diplomatic war with Russia. (www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities History/20th_Century/World_War_II Atomic_Bomb_The) Also an American historian, Gar Alperovitz, wrote a book titled Atomic Diplomacy. His book contains a ... Secretary of State James F. Byrnes as most anxious to get the Japanese affair over with before the Russians got in. (www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/ History/20th_Century/World War_II/Atomic_Bomb/The/) Also Byrnes' assistant Secretary of State, Walter Brown, has a diary entry that suggests that Tr...

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... them could have meant colossal destruction of each other and everyone else on Earth. Tensions between Russia and the West have been high throughout history. In 1815, at the Congress of Vienna, Tsar Alexander was quite prepared to use the congress to pursue the traditional aims of foreign ... the United States and the U.S.S.R began near the end of World War I. The Bolsheviks (later communists), led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the existing Russian government. The socialist Bolshevik regime believed in all men being equal, although democracy certainly wasn't part of their intentions. The ...

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... renew its existing Neutral Pact with Japan and would enter the war on the Allied side. So another alternative could have been to await the Russian entry into the war as an American ally. According to the War Department's Military Intelligence Division, the entry of Russia into the war as ... destroy any Japanese city"(Alp 333). Evidently, all the possible alternatives to using the atomic bomb, probably the most dangerous, most destructive weapon in the history of the world, were not properly investigated. Gar Alperovitz argues that the Joint Chiefs of Staff never formally studied the dec...

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... liquid secrets...a playground for every alchemist miracle-worker, and rat-piper that ever took up the cloak"(Mazzetti). It was considered a place where history and identity could disappear in an instant. Even after W.W.II, the Nazis still talked about wonder weapons and how they could get back at all ... the first submarine to fire a nuclear missile from under the water. Producer of the movie, Edward S. Feldman, stated that "The actual K-19 lies in a Russian ship graveyard, poisonous and decaying, unable to be revived, even by Hollywood" (K-19: The Widowmaker). Attack submarines were usu...

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... destroyed 15 large cities, 1,710 towns and 70,000 villages, burning and demolishing 6,000,000 buildings. This resulted in 25,000,000 citizens being deprived of shelter during the harsh Russian winter. The Germans demolished 31,850 industrial enterprises. The Soviet railway system was totally crippled as 65,000 kilometers of railway track and 4,100 railway stations were destroyed. Transportation was ... destroyed 10,000 power stations and ruined 1,135 coal mines and 3,000 oil wells, carrying back to Germany 14,000 steam boilers, 1,400 turbines and 11,300 electric generators. The Russian ...

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... a much needed review of military policy . With extensive plans in place detailing decisions-in-advance and strategic planning, a situation had been created in which "any subordinate commander faced with a substantial Russian military action could start the thermonuclear holocaust on his own initiative if he could not reach you by failure of communication." Accepting that there was danger in over-planning was ... badge of being the aggressor for a nuclear holocaust. Although there were plans and recommendations for a first-strike option, it was generally assumed this would be in response...

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... Iran was, "a pillar of stability in a turbulent and vital region". Before the late 1940's, when the United States helped to push out the Russian occupation of northern Iran, Iran had very little interaction with United States. This was preceded by a long period of very fruitful United States-Iran relations. ... secular progressive government. The revolution used anti-Westernism as a catalyst, due to the monarchy's very close relations with the United States and the history of political meddling by Western powers, such as, Britain and the US. So when the revolution successful captured t...

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... 's support and approval. However, all are evident intention of some countries to use nuclear blackmail to achieve their own selfish goals of regional policy. Currently, the presence of US and Russian nuclear weapons predetermines saving concept of nuclear deterrence. As is known, June 17, 1992 was signed the Charter, which, inter alia, declared that the United States and Russia "do not ... subjective factors, we can not appeal to the general historical pattern - depending on the historical situation by changing the order of the leaders of the state. It seems axiomatic in history was the ...

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... of safeguards and physical protection techniques; and among the nuclear weapon states (NWS), Britain has gone to the greatest lengths to submit its civil nuclear activities to international safeguards. This history gives Britain significant influence over policies towards fissile materials and, thereby, over the development of arms control and fuel-cycle strategies. But it also presents the new British government with ... of plutonium (one-quarter weapon-grade and three-quarters reactor-grade). These stocks are on a par with those held by France and China, but are dwarfed by the US and ...

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... is that these ICBM's can be fitted with a nuclear warhead. The Soviets developed these missiles far sooner than the USA and the fear was that these could be launched from Russian territory and land in the middle of Washington DC. The launch of Sputnik 1 destroyed the American belief that they could deliver a major blow without fear of a nuclear retaliation. American bombers ... the US the nightmare wasn ot yet over. Onthe 21st of October US forces went to ................................ This is the highest military state ever achieved by the US in her long history. .......................

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