HIROSHIMA BY LAURENCE YEP SUMMARY TRIAL

In the end he goes back to his theory of murder versus killing and talks about how paper-thin the difference is, but it is in fact, different. He even states that if we wouldn’t have dropped the bombs that the Soviet Union would have invaded Japan and split them like Korea, so in essence Truman was doing them a favor. He says although Truman could have “beated around the bush” and tried to mess around with the surrender policy while winning the war could have sent mixed signals so instead, he just bombed them like crazy. Van de Velde is arguing that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are no different than any other attack and are no more unique or barbarous than to have incinerated civilians in Tokyo, Kobe, Niigata and Osaka. Pritchard states that anyone who kills to save people must be found Not Guilty. Towards the end he talks about the difference between murder and killing to prevent the loss of innocent lives.

The article basically talks about a bunch of codes of laws and acts talking about war crime. It isn’t like he just sat in his room thinking, “hmm I wonder how many small innocent children I could kill today?” He was trying to show them what our country was potential of. He uses this quote “The larger and more ferocious the war, the larger will be the number of innocent or otherwise protected persons who may well perish without breaching the rule of proportionality.” I think this sums up the extremely lengthy argument that Truman isn’t guilty, he’s just essentially protecting his country. He says that he doesn’t view the Truman bombing at all in a sense of criminal conspiracy. John Pritchard states that all issues focused on the world wide stage are equal and should be viewed as politics. Ronald Radosh’s view is not based on moral views or practical grounds. Specifically, I accuse President Truman of ordering the annihilation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki via an experimental terror weapon resulting in the massacre and maiming of some 200,000 Japanese women, children and old people. I accuse President Harry S Truman of war crimes under Article 6 of the Nuremberg Charter outlawing'the wanton destruction of cities, towns, and villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity.' Following the online publication of this'virtual' trial, readers were invited to submit their comments. In advance of publication, each writer was given the chance to review each other's statements.Īfterwards, the statements were submitted to a jury composed of leading scholars.

Philip Nobile served as chief prosecutor, Ronald Radosh as chief defense counsel. The charge: that he violated the Nuremberg standards regarding the lawful conduct of war.

HIROSHIMA BY LAURENCE YEP SUMMARY TRIAL

In the summer of 2001, on the occasion of the anniversary of Hiroshima, History News Network staged a mock trial of Harry Truman.

Hiroshima by laurence yep summary