ns has become a major problem when a person seriously thinks of marriage. Some (survivors or their descendants) are afraid that their children can have genetic problems and be born with malformations. This issue has caused discrimination against future generations. Beyond the immediate damage to human beings and property, the atomic bomb destroyed an entire community. In a single instant, the city lost its businesses, factories, stores, schools, hospitals, fire stations, city government, nearly all normal societal functions. The unprecedented destruction of an entire city produced a profound pain utterly beyond verbal expression. Because the destruction was instantaneous, far-reaching, and painful, the social consequences have never been fully clarified. The damage caused by the A-bomb failed to heal with the passage of time. Over the years and decades, the horrors of radiation grew ever more perceptible. Nonetheless, the fact that the now aging survivors still suffer from aftereffects can never be forgotten. This implies that talking about the A-Bomb is today a very sensitive and sometimes even political issue.The atomic bombs ended the deadliest war in history. More than 14 million men under arms, including more than 300,000 Americans, had died. Another 25 million civilians had perished. Much of Asia and Europe had suffered terrible damage. The war had a profound impact on American life. Mobilization altered the structure of the economy; accelerated trends toward advancement in business, agriculture, and labor; and drastically enlarged the role of the military in many aspects of American life. The revolutionary advances in wartime science and technology raised both hopes for a healthier and better world and fears of and end to human life on earth. Hence, the United States was a more powerful nation yet more insecure that ever before. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki pushed our world in...
