[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> Bertrand Russell on war in the future (1952)

[Paul Brown <paul@paul-brown.com>]

An interesting quote and typical of Russell's later position.
But let's not forget that just a few years earlier Bertie had
been one of von Neumann's most ardent supporters in the campaign
to convince US president Truman to "bomb the Soviet Union back
to the stone age" before they could develop their own nuclear
arsenal.

When the Soviets did develop their own nuclear weapons he did
a quick about turn and was one of the founders of the influential
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament or CND.

> >From a lecture entitled "Science and war" in "The
>Impact of Science on Society" (London: Unwin Hyman,
>1952).  49 years ago.

etc...

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