The gift of time
the case for abolishing nuclear weapons now
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1998 - H. Holt and Co., New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL354662M
- ISBN-100805059601
- OCLC Control Number38478575
- OCLC Control Numbergiftoftimecasefo00sche
- Library of Congress Control Number98014402
and 2 more
- LibraryThing1659587
- Goodreads3148883
Classifications
- DDC341.7/34
- LCCKZ5665 .S34 1998
Description
In a series of conversations with high officials such as Vietnam-era Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and the last commander of the Strategic Air Command, General George Lee Butler, Schell finds support for complete nuclear disarmament within an unlikely group - the very generals and politicians who devised and executed the nuclear policies of the Cold War. In a spirit of optimism and hope, Schell and those he interviews announce their belief that freeing the world of nuclear danger is today a realistic political goal. They urge all citizens "to end the forced cohabitation with horror, the shotgun marriage with final absurdity - to snap out of the trance of the Cold War, annul the double suicide pact...and take the step that alone can free us from nuclear danger and corruption, namely, the abolition of nuclear weapons."
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