PONI
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 08:07AM Oliver Bloom (whom I don't know) was jogged by the Washington Post Op-Ed by Barry Blechman and Alex Bolfrass to read the Hiroshima article and then write a fair summary on the Program on Nuclear Issues (PONI) blog of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) website. He concludes:
I hope Wilson turns his paper into a much longer manuscript and manages to flesh out his arguments more (and provide more primary documentation). But Wilson’s underlying point is clear—if so much of our thinking about nuclear weapons and their effects stems from so few actual uses, then we have to be sure our understandings of those few real uses is correct. If the effect of nuclear weapons in those few circumstances is in doubt, then our broader understanding of nuclear weapons and their influence, based so heavily on those few instances, is in doubt.
Oliver, be careful what you wish for.

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