Why the United States dropped the Atomic Bomb: Persuasive Essay The atomic bomb is the subject of much controversy. Since its first detonation in 1945, the entire world has heard the aftershocks of that blast. Issues concerning Nuclear Weapons sparked the Cold War. We also have the atomic bomb to thank for our relative peace in this time due to the fear of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). The effects of the atomic bomb might not have …showed first 75 words of 1170 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1170 total…Cold War began. Perhaps if the atomic bomb was never dropped, the threat of nuclear war might not have been upon us. Building on that, if there was no threat of nuclear war to scare governments and the vast majority of people, would nuclear war have broken out more easily? Perhaps so, for, mankind only agreed to put down their arms once they had seen the horror that such weapons of mass destruction could evoke.