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The invention of nuclear weapons is the hallmark of a period of enormous significance often called the "atomic age."(2) The United States began a nuclear weapons program, the Manhattan Project, with Britain and Canada joining in. This effort culminated with the bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in early August, 1945. Most Americans remain convinced that the atomic bombs ended the war and saved the lives of troops who otherwise would have been …

…into depression with inappropriate policy, where is the justification for New Deal confidence in the wisdom of regulators vested with new powers? On the other hand, if the Fed's actions were appropriate but unable to avert the Depression, where is the justification for the New Deal's belief in the power of regulation? If all that was needed to restore full employment was expansion of the money supply, what is the justification for the New Deal?