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The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 3: The nuclear threat
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
Using Nuclear Weapons in the Korean War
battlefield commanders have advocated for bringing nuclear weapons to bear in situations where the war doesn't look like its going so well. The most resonant example is douglas mc arthur really pushing harry truman during the curean war, for the use of nuclear weapons after chinese vention. Mc arthur was astonishingly insubordinate in doing this, right? In pushing for this, andi lost him his job. As is theatre commander in that conflict. And soviet history has nuclear powers. I think it's only a select number of circumstances where thy've even contemplated using newkes on non nuclear opponents, right? Wy.
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