2024-03-09
12 分钟Hennigan: My name is Bill Hennigan
I write about national security issues for New York Times Opinion
And I am the lead writer
on our new nuclear series at the brink
Not only is it my job to look into nuclear weapons issues
but I'm also a big film buff
Hennigan: For many years,
people haven't really spent a lot of time
thinking about nuclear weapons, but that's changed —
both because of the war in Ukraine as well as the popularity of the recent Christopher Nolan film 'Oppenheimer.'
The idea that a biopic about a scientist
and nuclear weapons would be so popular,
the fact that it's won so many awards
and has sparked such an interest, is really quite surprising.
For the past quarter-century,
an entire generation has come of age without really having to worry about the bomb.
This has not something that's been front of mind.
Nuclear weapons were the predominant national security concern for our country for a half-century,
and that was reflected within culture and art.
Throughout the Cold War,