With all of the trouble in Ukraine, I decided to re-read one of my favorite books "The Guns of August" written by Barbara Tuchman. She describes what was happening in Europe before World War One broke out in August 1914.
She mentions a book "The Grand Illusion" published in 1910 that put forth the idea that there would never be a terrible world war because the economies of the European countries were so intertwined that every country would suffer too much.
That is kind of how we feel now about a nuclear war. To most of us, a war with nuclear weapons in unthinkable because everyone would lose so much. However, knowing what stupid things we humans can do, I don't know what to expect. I guess we all have the same fears.
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