Just finished reading THE BEGINNING OR THE END. Fantastic as it weaves the then zeitgeist with the wily ways of Hollywood back then. It really brings out the ability of the human consciousness to simply erase, and as you put it, normalize grotesque horrors that grow from humankind's imagination and ever growing 'we can therefore we must' attitudes. Sadly, we haven't learned much in the last decades as we approach the big commemoration of 80 years since we made the grave error of actually using the bombs.
Just finished reading THE BEGINNING OR THE END. Fantastic as it weaves the then zeitgeist with the wily ways of Hollywood back then. It really brings out the ability of the human consciousness to simply erase, and as you put it, normalize grotesque horrors that grow from humankind's imagination and ever growing 'we can therefore we must' attitudes. Sadly, we haven't learned much in the last decades as we approach the big commemoration of 80 years since we made the grave error of actually using the bombs.