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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 3142019" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>This discussion of the Soviets is a valid discussion but like much historical criticism it tends to focus too much on isolated influences and magnify them by focused study. I have no doubt that was an influence but so was the stark reality of the fighting that was ahead for an already war weary country and world. I find it astounding that historians can credibly claim that the geo-political concerns about Soviet advancement were more important than the fight right in front of the US and its Pacific allies. Few decisions are made with only one influence but the previous 3 years of war and the impending fight were clearly and obviously the primary interests. There is also a good argument to be made that our use of the A-bomb considerably accelerated Soviet activities along the same line (certainly their espionage accelerated) and thus we lost an advantage by revealing it too soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 3142019, member: 18914"] This discussion of the Soviets is a valid discussion but like much historical criticism it tends to focus too much on isolated influences and magnify them by focused study. I have no doubt that was an influence but so was the stark reality of the fighting that was ahead for an already war weary country and world. I find it astounding that historians can credibly claim that the geo-political concerns about Soviet advancement were more important than the fight right in front of the US and its Pacific allies. Few decisions are made with only one influence but the previous 3 years of war and the impending fight were clearly and obviously the primary interests. There is also a good argument to be made that our use of the A-bomb considerably accelerated Soviet activities along the same line (certainly their espionage accelerated) and thus we lost an advantage by revealing it too soon. [/QUOTE]
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