去读读他那本文集里的同名篇目《谢天谢地有了原子弹》（Thank God for the Atom Bomb）吧。读你的文章《不能说的话》（What you Can't Say）时我就想到了这篇。Fussell 喜欢打破常规，而且打破得精妙入微、深思熟虑。他是个极具复杂深度的思想者。
Try reading the title piece of his collection "Thank God for the Atom Bomb." I thought of it when I read your essay "What you Can't Say." Fussell liked breaking rules, and he did it with subtlety and a lot of thought. He was a complex thinker.
……以及后续影响，会认为这是合情合理或必要的。我个人无法苟同这一点。人类绝不应该对人类使用核武器。对所有抨击原子弹轰炸言论的最佳反驳，就是 Paul Fussell 1981 年 8 月发表在《新共和》（The New Republic）上的《谢天谢地有了原子弹》（Thank God for the Atom Bomb）。<https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde...>
…and aftermath, would see it as justified or necessary. I personally don't accept that. Nuclear weapons should never be used by humans on humans. The best response to all criticism of the bombings is "Thank God for the Atom Bomb" by Paul Fussell, The New Republic, August 1981. <https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde...>
高度相关：Paul Fussell 1981 年 8 月发表在《新共和》（The New Republic）上的《谢天谢地有了原子弹》（Thank God for the Atom Bomb）。<https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde...>
Highly relevant: "Thank God for the Atom Bomb" by Paul Fussell, The New Republic, August 1981. <https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde...>
对此我还要补充两篇篇幅较长、引人深思、让人欲罢不能的二战题材文章：《谢天谢地有了原子弹》（Thank God For the Atom Bomb，同样出自 Paul Fussell 之手）：https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde... 以及 Lee Sandlin 的《输掉战争》（Losing the War）：https://www.leesandlin.com/articles/LosingTheWar.htm
To this I will add two more longish, striking, compulsively readable pieces about World War II: Thank God For the Atom Bomb (also by Paul Fussell): https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde... Losing the War by Lee Sandlin: https://www.leesandlin.com/articles/LosingTheWar.htm
……为即将到来的战后格局做铺垫。c. 确保研发这些武器投入的巨额资金不会因为没用在敌人身上而“打水漂”。我读过 Paul Fussell 的《谢天谢地有了原子弹》（Thank God for the Atom Bomb，刚才又重温了一遍），因为这是我见过支持“使用核武器挽救生命”最简练却最有说服力的论证。如果我知道有同样精彩但持相反立场的文章，……
…stage for the post-war environment that was coming soon. c. Making sure that the huge expense of developing the weapons wasn't "wasted" by not using them against an enemy. I've read Paul Fussell's "Thank God for the Atom Bomb" (which I just re-read now) since it's the most concise yet persuasive argument I've encountered in favor of using atomic weapons to save lives. If I knew of a similar writing making the opposite case,…
去读读他那本文集里的同名篇目《谢天谢地有了原子弹》（Thank God for the Atom Bomb）吧。读你的文章《不能说的话》（What you Can't Say）时我就想到了这篇。Fussell 喜欢打破常规，而且打破得精妙入微、深思熟虑。他是个极具复杂深度的思想者。
Try reading the title piece of his collection "Thank God for the Atom Bomb." I thought of it when I read your essay "What you Can't Say." Fussell liked breaking rules, and he did it with subtlety and a lot of thought. He was a complex thinker.
……以及后续影响，会认为这是合情合理或必要的。我个人无法苟同这一点。人类绝不应该对人类使用核武器。对所有抨击原子弹轰炸言论的最佳反驳，就是 Paul Fussell 1981 年 8 月发表在《新共和》（The New Republic）上的《谢天谢地有了原子弹》（Thank God for the Atom Bomb）。<https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde...>
…and aftermath, would see it as justified or necessary. I personally don't accept that. Nuclear weapons should never be used by humans on humans. The best response to all criticism of the bombings is "Thank God for the Atom Bomb" by Paul Fussell, The New Republic, August 1981. <https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde...>
高度相关：Paul Fussell 1981 年 8 月发表在《新共和》（The New Republic）上的《谢天谢地有了原子弹》（Thank God for the Atom Bomb）。<https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde...>
Highly relevant: "Thank God for the Atom Bomb" by Paul Fussell, The New Republic, August 1981. <https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde...>
对此我还要补充两篇篇幅较长、引人深思、让人欲罢不能的二战题材文章：《谢天谢地有了原子弹》（Thank God For the Atom Bomb，同样出自 Paul Fussell 之手）：https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde... 以及 Lee Sandlin 的《输掉战争》（Losing the War）：https://www.leesandlin.com/articles/LosingTheWar.htm
To this I will add two more longish, striking, compulsively readable pieces about World War II: Thank God For the Atom Bomb (also by Paul Fussell): https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde... Losing the War by Lee Sandlin: https://www.leesandlin.com/articles/LosingTheWar.htm
……为即将到来的战后格局做铺垫。c. 确保研发这些武器投入的巨额资金不会因为没用在敌人身上而“打水漂”。我读过 Paul Fussell 的《谢天谢地有了原子弹》（Thank God for the Atom Bomb，刚才又重温了一遍），因为这是我见过支持“使用核武器挽救生命”最简练却最有说服力的论证。如果我知道有同样精彩但持相反立场的文章，……
…stage for the post-war environment that was coming soon. c. Making sure that the huge expense of developing the weapons wasn't "wasted" by not using them against an enemy. I've read Paul Fussell's "Thank God for the Atom Bomb" (which I just re-read now) since it's the most concise yet persuasive argument I've encountered in favor of using atomic weapons to save lives. If I knew of a similar writing making the opposite case,…
《谢天谢地有了原子弹》（Thank God For the Atom Bomb）：https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde...
Thank God For the Atom Bomb: https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/iakh/HIS1300MET/v12/unde...