Alex WellersteinVerified account

@jon_jeckell @nyrath On a more serious note, from the same era, courtesy @wellerstein : http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2013/04/05/the-36-hour-war-life-magazine-1945/ …

@Moe_Delaun @nyrath @wellerstein And I think it took a while for it to sink in that atomic/nuclear bombs were more than really BIG bombs

@jon_jeckell @nyrath @wellerstein I think nukes would have been used more often but for their "poisonous" nature, akin to gas warfare

@Moe_Delaun @nyrath @wellerstein Schelling recommended a bright dividing line between nuclear & conventional weapons, regardless of size

@jon_jeckell @nyrath @wellerstein 20th C warfare showed willingness to shoot/bomb until rubble bounced, but radiation had special horror

@Moe_Delaun @nyrath @wellerstein That and the delayed perception that radiation exposure led to cancer much later on after surviving

@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;