Realism, Utopia, and the Mushroom Cloud

Auteur

Michael Bess is assistant professor of history at Vanderbilt University.

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This book compares the careers of four intellectuals- four dissidents who shared a revulsion for the nuclear 'balance of terror' but who possessed sharply divergent visions of a post-Cold War peace.

Résumé
A comparison of four dissident intellectuals who grappled with questions about international politics in a nuclear age and co-operation instead of coercion throughout their careers - Louise Weiss, Leo Szilard, E.P. Thompson, and Danilo Dolci.