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<p>"Two world wars, concentration camps, the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and continued preparations for nuclear war illustrate the modern world's propensity for mass destruction. . . . Yet there have been important signs of resistance to this trend. These have included not only the emergence of mass-based peace and disarmament movements but activist intellectuals grappling with the growing problem posed by mass violence among nation-states. . . . Bess examines the lives and ideas of four of these intellectuals: Leo Szilard of Hungary and (later) the United States,<br> E. P. Thompson of England, Danilo Dolci of Italy, and Louise Weiss of France. . . . <i>Realism, Utopia, and the Mushroom Cloud</i> is a powerful,<br> important scholarly work, casting new light upon some of the great issues of modern times. Readers will learn much from it."—Lawrence S.<br> Wittner, <i>Peace and Change</i></p> <p>"Bess seeks to understand the way in which the creation of the atomic bomb has changed the social and political situation of humankind. Are we to be held hostage by military forces or can we transform our situation? He describes the lives of four very different activists, each with

Author

Bess, Michael.

Publisher

Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226044200

Subjects

Political Science, History, Biography