1 Background information on benefit-cost analysis and how it may fit into the project development process. 2  Discussion of economic terms and principles. 3  Review of relevant stages in conducting a benefit-cost analysis for highway projects.  Advice on using benefit-cost results.
On August 9, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, where 80,000 Japanese people perished. On August 14, 1945, the Japanese surrendered. Critics have charged that Truman's decision was a barbaric act that brought negative long-term consequences to the United States.his map shows the range of the destruction caused by the atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima. Exploding directly over a city of 320,000, the bomb vaporized over 70,000 people instantly and caused fires over two miles away.
Truman's Decision. As commander in chief, Truman had the constitutional authority to order use of the weapon without congressional approval, which he did. An American bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.The same day, Truman publicly announced the atomic bomb's existence and its use against Japan. At the end of his address, Truman said he would recommend that Congress form a commission to control U.S. use of atomic power.n American bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The same day, Truman publicly announced the atomic bomb's existence and its use against Japan.