Michael Shermer with Martin Sherwin—Nuclear Roulette: Hiroshima to Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945–1962
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In episode 155, Dr. Shermer speaks with Martin Sherwin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, about his new book Gambling with Armageddon, the definitive history of the Cuban Missile Crisis and its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War — how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn’t happen. Luck, coupled to reason and diplomacy, saved the world from thermonuclear war. As existential threats go, a nuclear exchange is second to none. Understanding how we dodged Armageddon in 1962 is vital for the future of humanity. This conversation explores those themes and more.
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This dialogue was recorded on January 12, 2021 as part of The Michael Shermer Show (formerly Science Salon) presented by The Skeptics Society, in California.
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