Discuss the U.S. military's first-strike strategy during the Cold War and its potential consequences. Also, reflect on humanity's approach to the environment.
We all hope that no one would be that stupid but, given the evidence of U.S. first strike strategy against the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s, some within the American military establishment actually thought a nuclear exchange with the Soviets could be "won" by an estimated death ratio of 100 million on the Soviet side as opposed to only 80 million on the U.S. side. The collective stupidity of humanity is also evident in our sleepwalking toward environmental Armageddon.