It has been said that the United States decided to use the atomic bomb to intimidate the Soviet Union rather than to strictly force Japan=s unconditional surrender. This statement is false in that the United States did drop the bomb to intimidate the Soviets and to bring about Japan=s unconditional surrender, as well as many other reasons. It seems that from the documents and from a general knowledge of American history, one can …showed first 75 words of 733 total…

…showed last 75 words of 733 total…no capital or capability to embark on such a project and had not kicked their atomic program into gear until the United States had already dropped two atomic bombs. With this fact in mind, it is clear that the use of the atomic bomb on Japan intimidated the Soviet Union greatly, and this intimidation allowed the American government to hold some leverage over the Soviets during the early years of the Cold War. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**