I know several of you were listening to Supernova in the East, what did you think of the final product? I learned from WW1 not to start a Carlin series until it is done, so I just finished all 6 and it is excellent. I love the description of the Japanese as, "like everyone else, just more so".
His point on the atomic bomb perhaps saving us from a future nuclear war is almost worth a thread on its own. I think he may have a point I've never considered. If we had never dropped the bombs in WW2, is it likely we would have used more, bigger bombs in a future war? We were close, the French developed a plan for us to rescue them at Dien Bien Phu with atomic weapons (Operation Vulture). Nixon loved the idea, Ike hated it but said he would do it if congress and the UK came along. Congress largely didn't like it, but told Ike they would approve it if he wanted it. Finally Churchill said the Brits were not going into Indochina, no way, no how. So Vulture was canceled. Even before that, one has to wonder if we would have used nukes on China during the Korean War if they had not been used before.
His point on the atomic bomb perhaps saving us from a future nuclear war is almost worth a thread on its own. I think he may have a point I've never considered. If we had never dropped the bombs in WW2, is it likely we would have used more, bigger bombs in a future war? We were close, the French developed a plan for us to rescue them at Dien Bien Phu with atomic weapons (Operation Vulture). Nixon loved the idea, Ike hated it but said he would do it if congress and the UK came along. Congress largely didn't like it, but told Ike they would approve it if he wanted it. Finally Churchill said the Brits were not going into Indochina, no way, no how. So Vulture was canceled. Even before that, one has to wonder if we would have used nukes on China during the Korean War if they had not been used before.
