- American media portrayed the detonation of the bombs as a great accomplishment
- Americans successful in winning the war
- the majority of Americans believed dropping the bombs was justified
- the media portrayed the bombings as the "continuation of conventional warfare", leaving out the consequences of the radiation to which the Japanese citizens were exposed
- sometimes even referred to as a cover up-- details kept from the American people
- Americans successful in winning the war
- the majority of Americans believed dropping the bombs was justified
- the media portrayed the bombings as the "continuation of conventional warfare", leaving out the consequences of the radiation to which the Japanese citizens were exposed
- sometimes even referred to as a cover up-- details kept from the American people