He was convinced that without an American preemptive strike, even more would die. He was wrong of course, as we now know, but it wasn't clear at that time.
There's an episode of Hardcore History on this topic, I think the title was "Destroyer of Worlds".
...and it lead me down a rabbit-hole. It seems all the good sci-fi these days is being done as shorts by mostly independent filmmakers and posted to youtube. Here are some I found last night:
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He was convinced that without an American preemptive strike, even more would die. He was wrong of course, as we now know, but it wasn't clear at that time.
There's an episode of Hardcore History on this topic, I think the title was "Destroyer of Worlds".
Someone posted a sci-fi short film yesterday:
"Destroyer of Worlds" by Samual Dawes https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22839165
...and it lead me down a rabbit-hole. It seems all the good sci-fi these days is being done as shorts by mostly independent filmmakers and posted to youtube. Here are some I found last night:
"The Beacon" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w75oqvMlXXE
"A Tessellation" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi865sBG9Js
THE BOOGEYS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0R80Lp3JYI
STORM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cq_Xy0Fc-I
"Next Floor" by Denis Villeneuve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t60MMJH_1ds
PRISM Jackson Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRK5roxWRc4
"The Looking Planet" - by Eric Law Anderson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8LRxIANzQs
"Final Offer" by Mark Slutsky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv8kOzRZK8g