This was the use of a threat of a nuclear bombing achieve a diplomatic advantage. After the success in the atomic bomb tests in 1945, many United States officials started to think about the non-military benefits of holding an atomic bomb in the arsenal. The use of the atomic bomb on Japan was also thought of as a demonstration that the United States would do what it had to. This brought the threat towards other nations that might want to fight the U.S. after the war. It was also thought of as a very large deterrent mainly towards the soviet union. President Truman used a bit of what could be considered atomic diplomacy during the post-war meeting at Potsdam. His mention of the bomb and the bombing of Japan was enough to influence decisions, because just the knowledge that a highly destructive weapon exists is enough to limit compromise options for other countries. The whole idea of atomic diplomacy was almost subconscious as one didn 't need to try to make someone afraid of the bomb that was well known to the world (Atomic
This was the use of a threat of a nuclear bombing achieve a diplomatic advantage. After the success in the atomic bomb tests in 1945, many United States officials started to think about the non-military benefits of holding an atomic bomb in the arsenal. The use of the atomic bomb on Japan was also thought of as a demonstration that the United States would do what it had to. This brought the threat towards other nations that might want to fight the U.S. after the war. It was also thought of as a very large deterrent mainly towards the soviet union. President Truman used a bit of what could be considered atomic diplomacy during the post-war meeting at Potsdam. His mention of the bomb and the bombing of Japan was enough to influence decisions, because just the knowledge that a highly destructive weapon exists is enough to limit compromise options for other countries. The whole idea of atomic diplomacy was almost subconscious as one didn 't need to try to make someone afraid of the bomb that was well known to the world (Atomic