Destroying the myth that bombing Hiroshima won the war goes a long way toward undermining the utility of nuclear weapons.
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Destroying the myth that bombing Hiroshima won the war goes a long way toward undermining the utility of nuclear weapons.
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The link below is to the sixth and final essay in a series that shows conclusively that Japan surrendered at the end of World War II not because of atomic bombs, but because the Soviet Union came into the war.
If you want to prevent nuclear war, you have to eliminate nuclear weapons. If you want to eliminate nuclear weapons, you have to show that they're not militarily useful.
I was recently invited on Michael J. Ard’s excellent podcast, Inside Intelligence, to talk about why nuclear weapons haven’t been used in 80 years and whether they might be used sometime in the near future. Michael is former CIA, smart, and on the right track.
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I’m publishing a series of essays that bring rarely discussed evidence and new realist thinking to bear on the important and troubling question: Did two atomic bombs win the war with Japan? The result will surprise you and change what you think.
wardhayeswilson.substack.com/p/the-empero...
Some disturbing news from Russia and Pakistan. open.substack.com/pub/wardhaye...
I write a little about the strange notion that the only way to eliminate nuclear weapons is if one country "goes first."
wardhayeswilson.substack.com/p/a-few-word...
Part IV of the Nuclear Mystery series is out, exploring why the French didn't use nuclear weapons to save the day when their troops were surrounded at Dien Bien Phu.
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I argue that there is a "practical and realistic approach" to eliminating nuclear weapons.
I was at the United Nations last week for the Third Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Surprisingly, Japan wasn't there. My piece in Chugoku Shimbon criticizing that choice (with translation). open.substack.com/pub/wardhaye...
#nuclearweapons #TPNW
I was speaking about nuclear weapons at Southern Utah University last week. Some folks there were skeptical about eliminating nuclear weapons. But something the North Koreans have been doing provides new evidence for the debate about the utility of nuclear weapons. open.substack.com/pub/wardhaye...
Some thoughts inspired by President Trump suggesting we abolish FEMA.
Part two of my Nuclear Mystery series that explores the question "Why haven't nuclear weapons been used for nearly 80 years?" This one examines some of the practical difficulties around the peculiar non-use of nuclear weapons in the Korean War.
So why haven't nuclear weapons been used?
--For the better part of a century, no less.
An exploration of the practical utility of nuclear weapons and the surprising limitations on actually using them.
wardhayeswilson.substack.com/p/nuclear-my...
Some thoughts on the use today by the Russians of a ballistic missile to attack Ukraine.
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Thoughts on the approach Walz and Harris are using against Trump, and how that same approach might be used toward nuclear weapons.
wardhayeswilson.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
Washers and dryers often have “features” you’re never going to use. Some people like all the fancy functions. But I would look for a basic washer that just washes the clothes and a basic dryer that dries them out.
Pleased to see a report about the book launch I did at the UN from the UN's Office of Disarmament Affairs.
disarmament.unoda.org/update/unoda...
Eliminating nuclear weapons is hippie-dippie/idealist stuff. No one takes it seriously. But listen to what this four-star Air Force general - who once commanded STRATCO - has to say:
“The most intelligent, comprehensive, and compelling argument ever advanced against nuclear weapons.” Lee Butler
If you're in New York next Wednesday and you have UN credentials, you should come to the book launch of my new book. I will give what is, I think, the best presentation I've ever written on this subject. And tell your friends.
Beatrice Fihn, the former Executive Director of ICAN (2014 - 2023) and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate said It Is Possible
“Provides the inspiration people need to eliminate these weapons”
You can buy the hardcover starting next Wednesday.
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There will be a hardcover available on the 25th. For some inexplicable reason, you can only pre-order the Kindle version.
“Arguably the most important contribution to the debate over the efficacy/fallacy of nuclear deterrence ever written.”
Martin Sherwin — Pulitzer Prize winning historian of nuclear weapons (1937 - 2021).
You can read more about the book at:
press.avenues.org/it-is-possib...
. . . nuclear weapons, but outlines new ways of thinking about them that make their elimination not only feasible, but the only practical course for the survival of humanity. A fascinating read, it is well-worth the time of anyone concerned with the planet’s future.”
Praise from people you respect means a great deal. From Barry Blechman, co-founder of the Stimson Center:
"Ward Hayes Wilson is the most innovative thinker about nuclear weapons anywhere. It Is Possible is truly a masterpiece. Its comprehensive analysis shows not only the uselessness of . . .
. . . to protect humanity and the planet from another Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”
Taue Tomihisa — Mayor of Nagasaki (2007 - 2023).
You can read more about It Is Possible: A Future Without Nuclear Weapons here: press.avenues.org/it-is-possib...
I only met the Mayor of Nagasaki once, but when I asked him to write something about my new book, he said this: "Ward Hayes Wilson’s book assures us that our vision of a 'world without nuclear weapons' is not only possible but the only rational way . . . 1/2
“This is a factual book, a book that draws on history, and that makes pragmatic arguments. If you are interested in a counterpoint to conventional thinking, if you want to explore new realist arguments about nuclear weapons, this is the book for you.”
Coming 10/25
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