“Destroying the world” describes things fairly accurately. Who believes a nuclear strike on the major Soviet Union and American cities wouldn’t have destroyed the world? Life, I’m sure wouldn’t have ended (even human), but the fall out and human loss would have been catastrophic. It’s easy to question this 20-30 years after the fact, but I remember the fear the world festered in in the 70′s and 80′s. If a nuclear missile had been launched, dozens if not hundreds would have been launched.
The change in world view and behavior would have been larger than any event in human history. Millions, possibly over a billion, lives would have been lost, and the prosperity of the world that started in the 70′s, which has lifted over a billion out of abject poverty, would have come to screeching halt.
“Destroying the world” describes things fairly accurately. Who believes a nuclear strike on the major Soviet Union and American cities wouldn’t have destroyed the world? Life, I’m sure wouldn’t have ended (even human), but the fall out and human loss would have been catastrophic. It’s easy to question this 20-30 years after the fact, but I remember the fear the world festered in in the 70′s and 80′s. If a nuclear missile had been launched, dozens if not hundreds would have been launched.
The change in world view and behavior would have been larger than any event in human history. Millions, possibly over a billion, lives would have been lost, and the prosperity of the world that started in the 70′s, which has lifted over a billion out of abject poverty, would have come to screeching halt.