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Ending War

The Force of Reason

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Maxwell Bruce

    1. Foundation for International Studies, Valletta, Malta

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  2. Tom Milne

    1. London Office of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, UK

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. The Force of Reason

    1. The Force of Reason

      • Oscar Arias
      Pages 1-5

  3. Eliminating Nuclear Weapons

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Leaving the Bomb Project

      • Joseph Rotblat
      Pages 9-15

    3. Working for a Humane Society

      • Mikhail Gorbachev
      Pages 17-23

    4. The Road to Zero

      • Herbert F. York
      Pages 25-32

    5. Getting to Zero: Too Difficult? Too Dangerous? Too Distracting?

      • John P. Holdren
      Pages 33-56

    6. Disinventing Nuclear Weapons

      • Francesco Calogero
      Pages 57-64

    7. Scientists and the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

      • Iwao Ogawa
      Pages 65-69

    8. Of Men, their Minds and the Bomb

      • Jasjit Singh
      Pages 71-81

  4. Ending War

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Reflections on War in the Twenty-First Century

      • Robert S. McNamara
      Pages 85-104

    3. From a Nuclear-Free to a War-Free World

      • Anatol Rapoport
      Pages 105-118

    4. The Abolition of War: Realistic Utopianism

      • Bruce Kent
      Pages 119-124

    5. The ‘Moral Equivalent of War’

      • Sissela Bok
      Pages 125-131

    6. The United Nations and Peacekeeping

      • John C. Polanyi
      Pages 133-142

    7. A Bridge to the Twenty-First Century

      • Sandra J. Ionno
      Pages 143-149

    8. The Social Responsibility of Scientists

      • Michael Atiyah
      Pages 151-164

    9. Remember your Humanity

      • Joseph Rotblat
      Pages 165-171

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 173-179
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About this book

World-renowned political thinkers and scientists write on nuclear weapons and war in the twenty-first century. The contributors include Mikhail Gorbachev, who first declared 'A nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought', Robert McNamara, US Defense Secretary at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War; and Nobel Peace Laureate Joseph Rotblat, the only scientist to resign from the Manhattan Project, where the world's first nuclear weapons were produced.

Reviews

'Ending war, eradicating nuclear weapons, is no longer the pursuit of a dream but a necessary collective fight towards a necessary collective goal. This stimulating collection of essays contributes to this fight.' - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Secretary General of the United Nations

'For too long the world - including the scientific community - has been dominated by the logic of force and the culture of war. Now we can - and we must - make the transition to the force of reason and a culture of peace and non-violence. I highly recommend this book as an inspiration to everyone to take part in this transition - the greatest challenge of the new millennium.' - Federico Mayor, Director-General, UNESCO

'Throughout the nuclear age, Joseph Rotblat's indispensable voice has alerted the world to the dangers of nuclear weapons. Drawing inspiration from both his teaching and his moral courage, the authors of this important collection of essays show us how we must act now if we are to avoid repeating in the next century the tragic mistakes of this one.' - Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia and convener of the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

'The essays in this book form a fitting tribute, on his 90th birthday, to Joseph Rotblat's devotion for half a century to trying to ensure that governments, and the people who support them, renounce reliance on nuclear weapons for their defence and for the influence they exert, and, instead, adopt a rational, sane and humane policy for their security and for the peaceful settlement of international disputes. Nobody has tried harder than he to achieve this.' - Field Marshal Lord Carver, former Chief of the UK Defence Staff

'Is it possible for us - the people of the world - to live in peace, in a global neighbourhood, with no nuclear weapons? In this book you find the visions, ideas and facts. Read it and re-read it.' - Ingvar Carlsson, former Prime Minister of Sweden

Editors and Affiliations

  • Foundation for International Studies, Valletta, Malta

    Maxwell Bruce

  • London Office of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, UK

    Tom Milne

About the editors

OSCAR ARIAS President of Costa Rica from 1986 to1990 and Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 1987, MICHAEL ATIYAH President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, SISSELA BOK Philosopher, Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, FRANCESCO CALOGERO Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Rome La Sapienza, FREEMAN DYSON Professor Emeritus, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, USA VITALII GOLDANSKII General Director of the N.N. Semenov Joint Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, MIKHAIL GORBACHEV General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990, JOHN HOLDREN Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy in the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, SNADRA IONNO Executive Director of Student Pugwash USA, BRUCE KENT Chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (1987-1990) ROBERT, McNAMARA US Secretary of Defense (1961-68); President of the World Bank (1968-81), IWAO OGAWA Japanese scientist, JOHN POLANYI Professor, University of Toronto, ANATOL RAPOPORT Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Toronto, STANISLAV RODIONOV Senior Scientist, Institute of Space Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, JOSEPH ROTBLAT Nobel Laureate; Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of London, JASJIT SINGH Director, Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, HERBERT YORK Chancellor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego.

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