«Как ни странно, но мне часто приходилось наблюдать, что
символы власти и ранги действуют на ученых сильнее, чем на военных».
Лишь недавно довелось прочитать старую уже книгу генерала Гровса, возглавлявшего Манхэттенский проект по созданию атомной бомбы. По понятным причинам автор сообщает далеко не все. Тем не менее, очень познавательный текст во
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Так что вояки высказывались вполне "логично".
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А порой и вовсе до каннибализм доходило же.
Из недавних примеров "резня Тутси" убийственно иллюстрирует этот аспект.
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5
Это европейцы придумали какие-то "цивилизованные войны".
По сути это просто так мифом и осталось.
Война это воплощенное дыхание темной стороны. Как не крути.
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The Japanese text on the reverse side of the leaflet carried the following warning:
“Read this carefully as it may save your life or the life of a relative or friend. In the next few days, some or all of the cities named on the reverse side will be destroyed by American bombs. These cities contain military installations and workshops or factories which produce military goods. We are determined to destroy all of the tools of the military clique which they are using to prolong this useless war. But, unfortunately, bombs have no eyes. So, in accordance with America's humanitarian policies, the American Air Force, which does not wish to injure innocent people, now gives ( ... )
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At the same time, newspapers and leaflets in the Japanese language were printed on Saipan. From there, Air Force B-29s flying at 20,000 feet dropped 500-pound M-16 fire bomb containers converted into leaflet casings. These opened at 4,000 feet to deploy millions of leaflets, effectively covering a whole Japanese city with information. In just the last three months of formal psychological warfare, OWIproduced and deployed over 63 million leaflets informing the Japanese people of the true status of the war and providing advance warning to35 cities targeted for destruction.3
в т.ч. за несколько дней до бомбардировки Хиросимы.
By noon on 28 July, OWI’s presses on Saipan were rolling with notices warning civilians to evacuate 35 Japanese cities scheduled to be bombed within the next few days. About 1 million leaflets fell on the targeted cities whose names appeared in Japanese writing under a picture of five airborne B-29s releasing bombs. Given the extent of the effort, it is ( ... )
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