Abu Juwairiya
Junior Member
The Atomic Moment
"The first public disclosure of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima came in a terse written statement issued by President Truman the day the bomb was unleashed on the people of Hiroshima. The president described a weapon possessing ‘‘more than two thousand times the blast power of the British ‘Grand Slam’,’’ previously the largest bomb ever used.
Yet comparison to other merely human efforts was insufficient, both in scale and in drama. Truman stressed that the atomic bomb was ‘‘a harnessing of the basic power of the universe.’’ The United States, he told his listeners, had mastered ‘‘the force from which the sun draws its power’’ and unleashed it "against those who
brought war to the Far East.’’
How, then, could Japan or any foe resist America's will?" (Source: "To Lead the Free World: American Nationalism and the Cultural roots of the Cold War" by John Fousek, P 34, 2000)
"The first public disclosure of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima came in a terse written statement issued by President Truman the day the bomb was unleashed on the people of Hiroshima. The president described a weapon possessing ‘‘more than two thousand times the blast power of the British ‘Grand Slam’,’’ previously the largest bomb ever used.
Yet comparison to other merely human efforts was insufficient, both in scale and in drama. Truman stressed that the atomic bomb was ‘‘a harnessing of the basic power of the universe.’’ The United States, he told his listeners, had mastered ‘‘the force from which the sun draws its power’’ and unleashed it "against those who
brought war to the Far East.’’
How, then, could Japan or any foe resist America's will?" (Source: "To Lead the Free World: American Nationalism and the Cultural roots of the Cold War" by John Fousek, P 34, 2000)