Hello! This is my blog post for the Fallout. Now we just did a project on the Manhattan Project and now we’re doing a companion piece. 

Now last time I focused on how Bushido affected WWII so this time, as the title says we will be focusing on the Cold War, specifically for me how Japan felt the Cold War and how Bushido continued to affect them.

If you didn’t read my past blog post I’ll link it here.

I find it very interesting to see how bushido continued to influence Japan while the nation was rebuilding its cities, identity, and cultural values after World War II. Research shows that even during Japan’s rapid modernization , ideas rooted in bushido such as discipline and loyalty, remained embedded in education, workplace expectations, and public attitudes toward national recovery. 

It’s also interesting to see how the people of Japan, especially survivors of the atomic bombings, viewed the unfolding events of the Cold War. Many accounts from oral histories, diaries, and studies reveal that those who lived through Hiroshima and Nagasaki often experienced the Cold War not just as a political struggle, but as a time  marked by fear, trauma, and a commitment to peace.

Here are some links to my other notes if you want to learn a bit more.

While we were planning our final piece we were also reading a book called Fallout by John Heresy. The book was a “what could have been” if the atomic bombs had been used during the Cuban missile crisis. I think one of the reasons we read this book was to see the human perspective. We finished it off by writing an essay about what we took out of the book. Here’s my essay.

Another thing that we did while we were making our way through the project was do something called socratic seminars. We has