Friday, April 25, 2008
WHAT IF'S
Class in general this week was interesting due to the fact that Lon Strauss posed many questions, doubts, and what if's that one should always, not only address but also assess when so many lives are changed in a span of 5 years, and the economies became forever changed due to such events. Therefore when reflecting upon the battle of the bulge or the bombing of tokyo one must wonder not only how these decisions came to pass but also what brought on these decisions and like Lon said, are these decisions inevitable, NO, but what would we do today vs in the 40's. IT is hard to say because much of those decisions were made by the high ranking officials but the carried out by many. Which comes into the factor of, Dont think just react, type of mentality. However still being rather ignorant on military tactics and strategies, I feel that you can strategize all you want but it comes down to the real time decisions that make and break battles.
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I thought the questions posed were interesting to. I went on a field trip with another class to the Truman Library and we were actually put in that position to make the decisions that FDR and Truman had to make. It was actually interesting to see all of the different sides of the issue as our group or staff and to argue and come up with a solution.
I too have been to the Truman library, a fascinating place, I agree. And indeed, you are right. Not only do we need to look at what if just because history is cool like that, but what one event does to the train of history is often amazing. Stuff that happened during WWII still has its echoes felt today.
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