Annie Jacobsen

You know, I've interviewed all kinds of people with different opinions, most of them that it ended the war. The best interview and most meaningful perhaps that I ever did was with Al O'Donnell, who was a participant in the Battle of Okinawa, which was like this insane... Just to read stories about Okinawa, it makes your hair stand on end. And O'Donnell, like so many others, was slated to...

You know, I've interviewed all kinds of people with different opinions, most of them that it ended the war. The best interview and most meaningful perhaps that I ever did was with Al O'Donnell, who was a participant in the Battle of Okinawa, which was like this insane... Just to read stories about Okinawa, it makes your hair stand on end. And O'Donnell, like so many others, was slated to...

invade mainland japan to his almost certain death right so somebody like that it makes sense right from the get-go why he would be pro-nuclear weapons it saved his own personal life and it saved everyone that he knew that he was fighting with and it ended the war

invade mainland japan to his almost certain death right so somebody like that it makes sense right from the get-go why he would be pro-nuclear weapons it saved his own personal life and it saved everyone that he knew that he was fighting with and it ended the war

invade mainland japan to his almost certain death right so somebody like that it makes sense right from the get-go why he would be pro-nuclear weapons it saved his own personal life and it saved everyone that he knew that he was fighting with and it ended the war

Yes, that's an interesting thought. My thought goes to this idea that like of more, right, that everybody always wants more. It's a very dangerous. It's like more power, literally, not just figure it more power. Right. And what what is more confounding to me is.

Yes, that's an interesting thought. My thought goes to this idea that like of more, right, that everybody always wants more. It's a very dangerous. It's like more power, literally, not just figure it more power. Right. And what what is more confounding to me is.

Yes, that's an interesting thought. My thought goes to this idea that like of more, right, that everybody always wants more. It's a very dangerous. It's like more power, literally, not just figure it more power. Right. And what what is more confounding to me is.

beyond the fact that we dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the war ended, is that this decision was then made to develop the thermonuclear bomb, a force that is such... The degree of magnitude of that power is mind-boggling. I mean, even projects within the Manhattan Project... defined thermonuclear weapon, the thermonuclear weapon, as the evil thing. Like, it was evil.

beyond the fact that we dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the war ended, is that this decision was then made to develop the thermonuclear bomb, a force that is such... The degree of magnitude of that power is mind-boggling. I mean, even projects within the Manhattan Project... defined thermonuclear weapon, the thermonuclear weapon, as the evil thing. Like, it was evil.

beyond the fact that we dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the war ended, is that this decision was then made to develop the thermonuclear bomb, a force that is such... The degree of magnitude of that power is mind-boggling. I mean, even projects within the Manhattan Project... defined thermonuclear weapon, the thermonuclear weapon, as the evil thing. Like, it was evil.

It's a weapon of genocide. Atomic weapons destroy cities. Thermonuclear weapons destroy civilizations.

It's a weapon of genocide. Atomic weapons destroy cities. Thermonuclear weapons destroy civilizations.

It's a weapon of genocide. Atomic weapons destroy cities. Thermonuclear weapons destroy civilizations.

Well, the optimistic answer of that would be that we could evolve beyond that, right? Because certainly if we look at our ancestors, they had not developed their consciousness as far back. as we have to be able to build the tools that we have. And so the hopeful answer is we will evolve beyond this kind of brute force, kill the other guy attitude.

Well, the optimistic answer of that would be that we could evolve beyond that, right? Because certainly if we look at our ancestors, they had not developed their consciousness as far back. as we have to be able to build the tools that we have. And so the hopeful answer is we will evolve beyond this kind of brute force, kill the other guy attitude.

Well, the optimistic answer of that would be that we could evolve beyond that, right? Because certainly if we look at our ancestors, they had not developed their consciousness as far back. as we have to be able to build the tools that we have. And so the hopeful answer is we will evolve beyond this kind of brute force, kill the other guy attitude.

Certainly, you know, these are questions that will become more obvious over time. I just want To play my little part in this world that I live in as the storyteller who brings information to people so that they can have these kind of questions with themselves, with their friends, with their families.

Certainly, you know, these are questions that will become more obvious over time. I just want To play my little part in this world that I live in as the storyteller who brings information to people so that they can have these kind of questions with themselves, with their friends, with their families.

Certainly, you know, these are questions that will become more obvious over time. I just want To play my little part in this world that I live in as the storyteller who brings information to people so that they can have these kind of questions with themselves, with their friends, with their families.