NEW BLOG POST: Would Roosevelt have used the atomic bomb, had he lived? | FDR and the bomb:http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2016/09/30/fdr-and-the-bomb/ …
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@wellerstein If Roosevelt lived, Szilard might have met with him. Also not discussed: influence of Eleanor, Roosevelt's 'conscience.'1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Always possible, but no way to know. The bomb took on a momentum all its own after awhile, as Szilard saw (in horror).
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@wellerstein All that Roosevelt would have needed to do was to drop the demand that surrender must be unconditional.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @GeneDannen
That doesn't mean it shouldn't have been pursued, of course. But would it have worked? Unknown, unknowable, unclear.
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