The Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud: Nuclear Threats in Diplomacy
The mid-20th century dawned with a chilling new reality: the atomic age. Following the devastating bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, which brought an end to World War II, the world was irrevocably changed. The United States, and soon after, the Soviet Union, possessed weapons of unimaginable destructive power. This newfound capability didn’t … Read more