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Zach
@zachterrell
okay, read enough books about how nuclear weapons are bad, end of the world, manmade horrors beyond your comprehension, whatever what’s the best book on why nuclear weapons and MAD are actually really good?
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
How many world wars since invention of nuclear weapons?
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horsefacts
@horsefacts.eth
Not "really good," but John Mueller says "Nuclear Weapons Don’t Matter" https://politicalscience.osu.edu/faculty/jmueller/FAnukes2018finful.pdf
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phil
@phil
Probably Thomas Schelling I would start here: https://archive.org/details/armsinfluence0000sche
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Merlin Egalite
@merlinegalite
what books did you read?
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July
@july
Based
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Kaido
@tamey
Check out the nuclear revolution by Michael mandelbaum
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Jordan Olmstead
@jchanolm.eth
The seminal text here is "The Nuclear Revolution" by Jervis. He argues that nuclear weapons bring stability -- not because of MAD but because of what he calls "nuclear danger." Traditionally, deterrence requires a balance of power -- i.e. your military is about as strong as your opponent's military, therefore war is only worth it if you think you have a decisive advantage. However, w/nuclear weapons it doesn't matter if you have more nukes than the other side because getting hit with even one nuke is considered unacceptable. So while nukes prevent world war between evenly matched (conventionally speaking) adversaries they also prevent conflicts between conventionally mis-matched countries (i.e. US/NK, India/Pakistan) Link to nuclear danger: https://archive.org/details/meaningofnuclea00jerv/page/n285/mode/2up
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Eloise
@eloisee
I thought oppenheimer pretty much covered, guess I need to do more research 😂
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law
@traguy.eth
Niceee Have you read Deterrence: From Munich to Malmo" By Robert Jervis (1989), I think
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