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Sita In August of 1945, the United States dropped two atomic (nuclear) bombs on Japan, killing more than 140,000 people and leaving the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in ruins. The dropping of the bombs not only marked the end of World War II, but demonstrated ....

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.... proliferation by proposing the Baruch Plan in the United Nations. This proposal stated that all nuclear technology and materials be placed under international ownership and that all nuclear weapons be destroyed. However, the Soviet Union feared that the United States would always have a military advantage if they gave up their plans for building a nuclear device and, therefore, rejected the proposal. I think that the refusal of the Soviet Union was a big mistake on their part. Not only did they put the safety of the U.S.S.R on the line, but of the whole world, as well. By rejecting that proposal, other countries would soon follow America ....