Important to know history, but:

Imagine you're a deer. You're prancing along, you get thirsty, you spot a little brook, you put your little deer lips down to the cool clear water... BAM! A f'n bullet rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I ask ya. Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the SOB who shot you was wearing?

IOW - When the nukes start falling, I don't think the history of nuclear bombs is going to mean much.