Von Neumann's nuclear bellicosity is interesting to compare to Norbert Wiener's post-Hiroshima pacifism. Wiener was no fan of communism, but he seemed to suspec

Von Neumann's nuclear bellicosity is interesting to compare to Norbert Wiener's post-Hiroshima pacifism. Wiener was no fan of communism, but he seemed to suspect global thermonuclear war would not turn out well. Von Neumann apparently thought such a conflict could be won unilaterally.