
Robert D. Sears, How Frightened Do We Have to Become?
Robert D. Sears reflects on the growing danger of nuclear conflict, arguing that the greatest threat may come not from deliberate intention but from miscalculation, misunderstanding, technological failure, and rapid escalation. Drawing on WarGames and his wife’s deeply personal visit to Hiroshima only sixteen years after the bombing, he contrasts the abstract language of deterrence with the devastating human reality of nuclear war. Rather than calling for greater fear, Sears urges greater awareness, communication, restraint, arms control, and a recognition that in nuclear war there can ultimately be no winner.


























