McGeorge Bundy

Traces the evolution of the nuclear bomb from its conception in the 1930s to the present-day threat of a nuclear holocaust

The end of the U.S.-Soviet standoff and the increasing risk of political adventurers such as Saddam Hussein developing nuclear capability have profoundly altered the shape of global nuclear danger. In Reducing Nuclear Danger, three of America's top experts on nuclear affairs offer a thoughtful prescription for effective international action to cut existing nuclear arsenals and to prevent further proliferation. They argue that the United States must take a cooperative leadership role to achieve worldwide control of nuclear weapons. The immediate tasks to this end are to execute the already agreed-upon reductions in U.S. and Russian forces, ensure that Russia remains the only nuclear state of the former Soviet Union, and substantially strengthen the international efforts against the spread of nuclear weapons. The authors favor adopting a strict doctrine of using nuclear weapons only as a "defensive last resort, " along with other specific changes in current policy. Prominent in their prescriptions is an eventual drastic reduction of the current Russian-American warhead ceilings. They also advocate a new policy for American leaders - toward other nations as well as the American people - of open public explanation of nuclear danger. This important and insightful book on the current nuclear danger should be read by all citizens with an interest in resolving what remains our greatest global risk, at a time of unprecedented opportunity.

"we will encourage our South Vietnamese allies to negotiate"

This is in very good condition. Very slightly creased edges of the cover. pages 354 - 524 Collectible good condition. Binding is still tight.

Lancaster, PA. 1952 first edition. sm4to wraps. Bundy article pp. 1-14. Other articles in issue by other writers as well. VG light fraying of all edges of cover; text fine and clean; no owner marks.

The Pattern of Responsibility was written by McGeorge Bundy, published by Houghton Mifflin Company Boston and was printed in 1951 in a Hardcover binding.

In The Strength of Government, adapted from his Godkin Lectures at Harvard University in March 1968, the then-president of the Ford Foundation contends that the explosive social and technological change of recent decades has greatly increased the need for stronger and more effective national government. To illustrate his thesis, Mr. Bundy discusses the growing need for effective governmental action in the struggle against racism and poverty, the revolution in communications, and the field of nuclear weapons. Each of these problems challenged the common assumption that a strong government is inconsistent with personal freedom. The Jacksonian bias against authority remains the national mode even in a time when the vast majority of Americans rely on federal programs. Mr. Bundy argues from his examples that strong government is an absolute necessity if freedom is to be maintained.