The Psychology of War: Jack Roderick

Here's a "think" piece about the seriousness of war. It's from Lawrence LeShan's book The Psychology of War.

"On the sixth of August, 1945, the day when the first atomic bomb was used at Hiroshima, the human race was placed on the endangered species list. War, an activity practiced by nearly all human societies as far back as we have records, was suddenly not only outmoded, but potentially race-suicidal. And make no mistake: unless there are radical changes in human understanding and behavior, we will use the atomic bomb again. Our track record shows that we have always used every new technology, from iron-smelting to radio, for military purposes. We have never yet given up any weapon available to us as long as it was effective."