From the Journal of American History. Don't have the issue date, think it is relatively recent. Reminds me of a statement Mao made to Khruschev.
Michael Pugliese
Robin D.G.Kelley:
> Could you tell me about your relationship with Eugene Genovese? This goes
> back a ways. Herbert Aptheker: I'm not sure about the beginnings except
that they
> were unpleasant. I didn't know him when he was in the party. He left
early.
> But he was on the extreme left. I remember once I made the point that a
> nuclear war would cause the death of hundreds of millions, and he replied,
> so what? Really absurd things like that...