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I believe that the Japanese surrended just before Hiroshima was bombed. America just turned a deaf ear. That whole incident was a barbaric weapons test.
And the method is not effective, because if something goes wrong or the opposing country retaliate the same way, everybody's fucked. Mutuallly assured destruction is exactly what its acronym says it is.
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What I meant by that was that for a weapon to work as a deterrent like the US uses their nukes as a passive defence force, you have to use it at least once. That demonstration of power was Hiroshima.
As a result, everyone now has nukes pointed at each other. All countries are pretty certain the other side won't ever push the button, but they don't want to take any chances either. So now we have a nuclear standoff that no-one wants to escalate or back down from. For now it's the perfect balance. Though it would of course be better if there were no nukes at all, which we are slowly working towards.