Hiroshima 5
Date Submitted: 10/10/2002 03:26:12
When the atomic bomb went off over Hiroshima on Aug. 6th,
1945, 70,000 lives were ended in a flash. To the American people who
were weary from the long and brutal war, such a drastic measure seemed
a necessary, even righteous way to end the madness that was World War
II. However, the madness had just begun. That August morning was the
day that heralded the dawn of the nuclear age, and with it came more
than
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those
peaceful nations which learn to live with the destructive potential of
nuclear power are capable of great good. Great evil is more likely to
be the result of unchecked nuclear power in hands of lawless nations.
As ever, peace and safety depend upon military power being in the
right hands.
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Works Cited
"Fifty Years Later"; Internet Document;
http://www.sjmercury.com/hirohome.htm
Finney, et. al. Hiroshima Plus 20. New York, New York; Delacorte; 1965
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