Change, Hope and the Bomb

David Eli Lilienthal

Published by Princeton University Press 1963

Change, Hope and the Bomb

David Eli Lilienthal

Volume 1904 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400875207

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For thirteen years, since his resignation from the chairmanship of the Atomic Energy Commission, Mr. Lilienthal has kept silent on the atom, turning his energies and talents to the field of international development. Now the first chairman of the AEC speaks out on the vital question of disarmament, on the role of the atom in modern life, and on the AEC itself. His views are controversial, and will not be popular in many quarters. Mr. Lilienthal thinks that the present disarmament negotiations are premature and dangerous, that our view of the place of the atom in the modern world has been mainly wrong, and that the functions of the AEC should be largely absorbed into other government and private activities.

Originally published in 1963.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
AUTHOR'S NOTE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
A PERSONAL FOREWORD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. THE IMPERATIVES OF CHANGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
II. THE SOLUTION FALLACY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
III. ATOMIC BLIND ALLEYS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
IV. THE MYTHOLOGY OF NUCLEAR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
V. WHAT THE ATOM IS DOING TO SCIENCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
VI. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE PEACEFUL ATOM? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
VII. ATOMIC ANACHRONISMS The Atomic Energy Commission and the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
VIII. CHANGE AND HOPE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140