Atoms for Peace Analysis

There was a point in time where the focus of atomic energy was primarily set in weapons development; a massive international stalemate regarding atomic science following the destruction seen in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There was shock and terror worldwide once it was shown what the newest and best weapons of war could do to cities and people. A very paranoid world began doing massive amounts of nuclear research, making sure the defense warehouses were stocked as full as they could be with this new technology, in case it was ever needed for retaliation of some sort. A move could not easily be made due to such tension between competition in atomic stockpiles around the world, and during his presidency, Dwight Eisenhower tried hard to take firm grasp of the situation and handle it as peacefully and diplomatically as possible. In December of 1953, Eisenhower delivered the famous “Atoms for Peace” speech, proposing through use of rhetoric, primarily pathos and logos, that he imagines a world where atomic science can be used for peace rather than for destruction, and that the United States does not want to start a war or cause terror.
Eisenhower realizes that the nuclear weapons issue is one that will at some point affect the entire world, so he sets the speech off by first establishing his credibility as the President of the United States, claiming that he has only just met with the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Great Britain and France, and then appeals to the United Nations a bit emotionally, saying “Our subject was some of the problems that beset our world,” using the words “our world” in an attempt to bring nations together over an important issue internationally. Eisenhower's purpose for this choice of words was to help the United Nations realize that he and the United States are taking an approach to the problem with the rest of the world, not apart from them. He wants a consensus on an agenda to deal with atomic technology that everyone can agree...