The Absolute Weapon: Atomic Power and World Order

by Frederick S. Dunn (Contributor), Arnold Wolfers (Contributor), Percy E. Corbett (Contributor)

Here is the 214 pg 1st Edition of the privately owned hardcover by Frederick Dunn, Bernard Brodie, Arnold Wolfers, Percy Corbett and William Fox as edited by Bernard Brodie from Harcourt, Brace and Co., and copyrighted 1946. Contents of the book include the Intro entitled The Common Problem and 3 Parts Part The War in the Atomic Age and Implications for Military Policy; Part Political The Atomic Bomb in Soviet-American Relations and Effect on International Organization; and Part International Control of Atomic Weapons. The book has no dust cover. The khaki colored boards has some minor edge wear and some light rub/color lift, yet overall the boards are straight and very presentable. Inside, there is a rough 2” inside edge tear to the second fly leaf and a couple of light stain spots at the end papers, yet the remainder of the pages are clean, tear free and the binding is sound.

214 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1972

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The Absolute Weapon: Atomic Power and World Order
Harcourt, Brace and Company 1946
214 pages

Frederick S. Dunn
Bernard Brodie
Arnold Wolfers
Percy E. Corbett
William T.R. Fox

Edited by Bernard Brodie

Institute of International Studies, Yale University

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Political Science Quarterly
September 1946

Has the atomic bomb outmoded the Charter of the United Nations? Are the present arrangements for peaceful settlement and enforcement action adequate? Can international action controlling atomic energy be best achieved within the framework of the United Nations? Should such control be assigned to one of the existing organs or should a new ad hoc agency be created? Worakable answers to these questions must be found and time is of the essence.

The atomic bomb has upset the timetable. Before its discovery, statesmen assumed that they had another generation in which to underwrite international security; now it is clear that the time margin had shrunk to five years or less. The presing need is for some immediate means by which the nations of the world can guarantee their mutual survival while they grope todards a long-term solution.