HIST 2057 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Nuclear Secrets, Cuban Missile Crisis, Fidel Castro
Document Summary
World war ii at home: evaluating the idea of a good war , how the war fit that idea. War that everyone agreed on: better than ww1, ww1 was controversial, tensions. Roosevelt does a good job of preparing americans for war. Mentality of the soldiers is different: ww1 grand crusade, ww2 emphasis on job, we must win war. Japanese rounded up and sent to camps until end of war internment camps: doesn"t fit good war idea. Dehumanize enemies: but areas where reservations arise, america"s response to the holocaust. Prior to ww2, 60% of america wanted to keep jews out. Early stages of war - no systematic effort to rescue jews. Turns into military conquest: decide not to make any big moves yet, decide not to use bombs in this situation, war on civilians. Us bombing of japan > allies bombing of german cities: atomic bomb. Notion of us bombing japan was an intimidation factor toward.
