Hysterically dated 1946 science fiction story which is an interesting product of its times http://atomic-skies.blogspot.com/2015/02/war-in-atomic-age.html …
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@jon_jeckell@nyrath@wellerstein Worth looking into - but public aware of radiation sickness from Hiroshima & Japan
@Moe_Delaun @jon_jeckell @nyrath I think the question of why the "nuclear taboo" got established is a complicated mix of factors;
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@wellerstein@Moe_Delaun@nyrath I still say infinite scale of h-bombs did it, at least on the official side. Plus Schelling's firebreak -
@wellerstein@Moe_Delaun@nyrath Also, Japanese scientists said no surrender until 2nd bomb dropped revealed Pu vs U https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4231006 … -
@jon_jeckell@Moe_Delaun@nyrath I would just note that Nuclear Express is a pretty crap historical account — esp. w/regards to WWII.
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