INS3003 Final Exam Study Guide
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WhatishouldiyouiknowiaboutitheiDestructivenessiofiNucleariWeapons?i
WhatiisiFirebombing?Whatiisitheidaisyicutter?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
NucleariWeaponsiareisupposeditoibeidestructive,ithat'sitheipoint.iOutia
bilityitoikillihasiincreased;iweaponsihaveibecomeimoreipowerfuliandipr
ecise.iBefore,iincendiaryidevices,ioridevicesidesignitoilightifiresiwasiwer
eiusediiniWWIIitoiincreaseitheicapacityitoikill.iFirebombsiwereiusediiniDr
esen,iHamburg,iandiTokyoitoikillihundredsiofipeople.iTheiDaisyicutteriisi
aitriggerisetioniaibombithatiallowsitheibombitoigoioffibeforeiimpact,ither
eforeimakingiitimoreidestructivei-iwithiailargeriblastizone.
Whatiisitheibattlefieldiutilityiofinucleariweapons?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
TacticaliNucleariweaponsihaveibattlefieldiutilityiinitheisenseithatitheyiar
eimoreipreciseiwithiheavyiimpact.iSmallerinucleariweaponsidoinotidestr
oyientireicitiesibutiweistillidoinotiuseithem.
Whatiisitheimoraliargumentiagainstinucleariweapons?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
Theimoraliargumenticanifirstlyibeiseeniinitheilongilastingieffectsiofinucle
ariweapons.iTheyiareiPotentiallyiworseithanitheifireibombingibecauseit
heiradiationiaspecticausesidamageitoibeicausedieveniafteritheiwariisiove
r.iThisicanibeidemonstratediiniasiUSiCitizensiwereiaskedirightiafteriWWII
iifitheyiagreediwithiusingitheiatomicibombiagainstiJapan,iandi80%iofithe
misaidiYES.iInitially,itheiUSipubliciwereistillisupportingitheiuseiofitheiato
,micibomb.iAsitimeiwention,ithereiwasiaistrongireactioniAGAINSTinuclea
riweapons.
Theinormibecameinon-
useiofinucleariweapons.iInstead,itheyiwereiusediasideterrence.iTheinewi
globalinormiofinoneiuseimeantithatianyidemocracyitoiuseithe,iwouldibei
aniinternationalicriminal,iasiaudienceicostsioutweighianyigoodiforitheist
ate.
WhatiisiNucleariTaboo?i-iNinaiTannenwaldi-iCorrectiAnswer-
NinaiTannenwaldiclaimsiitiisitabooitoievenimentioniusinginucleariweapo
ns.iBecauseieveniwhenistatesihaveiissuesianditensionsibeginitoirise,iyoui
still
don'tithreatenitheiuseiofinucleariweapons.iThisiisidueitoitheiextreme/la
rgeinormiofinon-
use,ithusimakingiiti"taboo".iAniexampleiofithisicanibeiseeniasiGeneraliD
ouglasiMacArthuriwanteditoiuseinucleariweapons,ibutiTrumanisaidinoia
ndifiredihimiafteriheipersisted.
WhatiisitheiTragedyiofiHiroshimaiandiNagasaki?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
WhenibombingiJapan,itheiUSAichoseiHiroshimaiandiNagasakiiiniparticul
aribecauseitheyihadinotibeenibombediyet;iweiwanteditoiobserveitheida
mageithatiwouldioccur.iTheiImpactideathitolliforiHiroshimaiwasi70,000i
withiaimushroomicloudioveritheicity.iThereiwereishadowsiburnediintoit
heiwallsiandibyiDecember,i1945,itheideathitollihadirisenitoi140,000.iByi1
950,itheideathitollihadirisenitoi200,000iThoseiwhoisurvived,isurvivedihor
rifically.iClothesiburnediintoiskin;ifaceiscarredibeyondirecognition.iWo
meniwhoihad
, babiesilateriwereihorrificallyideformed.iDogsiandicatsiwereibeingibornia
ndiyouicouldn'tievenitell
whatispeciesitheyiwereibecauseitheyiwereisoideformed.iIntelligenceilev
elsiofiaffectedipopulationsiwentidownisignificantlyi.iTheipeopleirealizedi
thatithisibombiwasn'tijustiaibomb,ibutiaibomb
ofiradiation.iThisiisiailargeireasoniwhyitheinon-
useinormidevelopediini1950.
Biologicali(1972)iandiChemicaliWeaponsi(1993)iTreatiesi-
iCorrectiAnswer-
BiologicaliandiChemicaliweaponsiareialsoiconsidereditoihaveianiimmora
lielementitoithem.iTheyikillinon-
selectivelyiandiareinoticonventionaliweapons.iThe
BiologicaliWeaponsitreatyibannedibiologicaliweaponsiini1972iandiTheiC
hemicaliWeaponsiConventionibannedichemicaliweaponsiini1993.iTheico
untriesiwhoicommititoitheseitreatiesiwereicommittingitoidestroy
theiribiologicaliandichemicaliweapons.iThisiisiaislowiprocess,ibecauseiitii
siharditoidestroyithese
weaponsiiniaisafeiway.
DisarmamentioriDeterrencei-iCorrectiAnswer-
Thereiarei2iveryidifferentiapproachesitoihandlinginucleariweapons.iPeo
pleiask,iShouldiweigetiridiofinucleariweapons,iandidisarm?iOrishouldiwe
useithemiforipurposesiofideterrence?iNevertheless,iNuclearipowersiref
useditoieveniconsideridisarming,isoiiticameidownitoinotiusingitheseiwea
ponsiandiusingithemiforideterrence.iInitheibeginningiofitheiColdiWar,iiti
wasitheigoalitoigetiasimanyinucleariweaponsiasiweicould,iasiquicklyiasiw
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WhatishouldiyouiknowiaboutitheiDestructivenessiofiNucleariWeapons?i
WhatiisiFirebombing?Whatiisitheidaisyicutter?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
NucleariWeaponsiareisupposeditoibeidestructive,ithat'sitheipoint.iOutia
bilityitoikillihasiincreased;iweaponsihaveibecomeimoreipowerfuliandipr
ecise.iBefore,iincendiaryidevices,ioridevicesidesignitoilightifiresiwasiwer
eiusediiniWWIIitoiincreaseitheicapacityitoikill.iFirebombsiwereiusediiniDr
esen,iHamburg,iandiTokyoitoikillihundredsiofipeople.iTheiDaisyicutteriisi
aitriggerisetioniaibombithatiallowsitheibombitoigoioffibeforeiimpact,ither
eforeimakingiitimoreidestructivei-iwithiailargeriblastizone.
Whatiisitheibattlefieldiutilityiofinucleariweapons?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
TacticaliNucleariweaponsihaveibattlefieldiutilityiinitheisenseithatitheyiar
eimoreipreciseiwithiheavyiimpact.iSmallerinucleariweaponsidoinotidestr
oyientireicitiesibutiweistillidoinotiuseithem.
Whatiisitheimoraliargumentiagainstinucleariweapons?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
Theimoraliargumenticanifirstlyibeiseeniinitheilongilastingieffectsiofinucle
ariweapons.iTheyiareiPotentiallyiworseithanitheifireibombingibecauseit
heiradiationiaspecticausesidamageitoibeicausedieveniafteritheiwariisiove
r.iThisicanibeidemonstratediiniasiUSiCitizensiwereiaskedirightiafteriWWII
iifitheyiagreediwithiusingitheiatomicibombiagainstiJapan,iandi80%iofithe
misaidiYES.iInitially,itheiUSipubliciwereistillisupportingitheiuseiofitheiato
,micibomb.iAsitimeiwention,ithereiwasiaistrongireactioniAGAINSTinuclea
riweapons.
Theinormibecameinon-
useiofinucleariweapons.iInstead,itheyiwereiusediasideterrence.iTheinewi
globalinormiofinoneiuseimeantithatianyidemocracyitoiuseithe,iwouldibei
aniinternationalicriminal,iasiaudienceicostsioutweighianyigoodiforitheist
ate.
WhatiisiNucleariTaboo?i-iNinaiTannenwaldi-iCorrectiAnswer-
NinaiTannenwaldiclaimsiitiisitabooitoievenimentioniusinginucleariweapo
ns.iBecauseieveniwhenistatesihaveiissuesianditensionsibeginitoirise,iyoui
still
don'tithreatenitheiuseiofinucleariweapons.iThisiisidueitoitheiextreme/la
rgeinormiofinon-
use,ithusimakingiiti"taboo".iAniexampleiofithisicanibeiseeniasiGeneraliD
ouglasiMacArthuriwanteditoiuseinucleariweapons,ibutiTrumanisaidinoia
ndifiredihimiafteriheipersisted.
WhatiisitheiTragedyiofiHiroshimaiandiNagasaki?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
WhenibombingiJapan,itheiUSAichoseiHiroshimaiandiNagasakiiiniparticul
aribecauseitheyihadinotibeenibombediyet;iweiwanteditoiobserveitheida
mageithatiwouldioccur.iTheiImpactideathitolliforiHiroshimaiwasi70,000i
withiaimushroomicloudioveritheicity.iThereiwereishadowsiburnediintoit
heiwallsiandibyiDecember,i1945,itheideathitollihadirisenitoi140,000.iByi1
950,itheideathitollihadirisenitoi200,000iThoseiwhoisurvived,isurvivedihor
rifically.iClothesiburnediintoiskin;ifaceiscarredibeyondirecognition.iWo
meniwhoihad
, babiesilateriwereihorrificallyideformed.iDogsiandicatsiwereibeingibornia
ndiyouicouldn'tievenitell
whatispeciesitheyiwereibecauseitheyiwereisoideformed.iIntelligenceilev
elsiofiaffectedipopulationsiwentidownisignificantlyi.iTheipeopleirealizedi
thatithisibombiwasn'tijustiaibomb,ibutiaibomb
ofiradiation.iThisiisiailargeireasoniwhyitheinon-
useinormidevelopediini1950.
Biologicali(1972)iandiChemicaliWeaponsi(1993)iTreatiesi-
iCorrectiAnswer-
BiologicaliandiChemicaliweaponsiareialsoiconsidereditoihaveianiimmora
lielementitoithem.iTheyikillinon-
selectivelyiandiareinoticonventionaliweapons.iThe
BiologicaliWeaponsitreatyibannedibiologicaliweaponsiini1972iandiTheiC
hemicaliWeaponsiConventionibannedichemicaliweaponsiini1993.iTheico
untriesiwhoicommititoitheseitreatiesiwereicommittingitoidestroy
theiribiologicaliandichemicaliweapons.iThisiisiaislowiprocess,ibecauseiitii
siharditoidestroyithese
weaponsiiniaisafeiway.
DisarmamentioriDeterrencei-iCorrectiAnswer-
Thereiarei2iveryidifferentiapproachesitoihandlinginucleariweapons.iPeo
pleiask,iShouldiweigetiridiofinucleariweapons,iandidisarm?iOrishouldiwe
useithemiforipurposesiofideterrence?iNevertheless,iNuclearipowersiref
useditoieveniconsideridisarming,isoiiticameidownitoinotiusingitheseiwea
ponsiandiusingithemiforideterrence.iInitheibeginningiofitheiColdiWar,iiti
wasitheigoalitoigetiasimanyinucleariweaponsiasiweicould,iasiquicklyiasiw
