Myths About Nuclear Weapons We Still Believe.
Nuclear war would be an apocalypse. Nuclear deterrence is effective in a crisis. Nuclear weapons shock and awe opponents. The bomb has kept the peace for sixty-five years. These are the things we think we know about nuclear weapons, but it turns out they are myths, myths that nonetheless still shape our nuclear policy.
Sources and some info:
Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons by Ward Wilson https://www.amazon.com/Five-Myths-Abo...
Bombing of Tokyo - https://www.britannica.com/event/Bomb...
The Cost of U.S. Wars Then and Now - https://online.norwich.edu/academic-p...
Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1945 by Stephen I. Schwartz.
Titan II explosion - https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/10/14...
Goldsboro crash - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...