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A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat

Book by Joseph Rotblat · 3 quotes · Nuclear, Weapons, Nuclear Weapons

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A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat Quotes

“The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, any rationale for having nuclear weapons disappeared.”

“Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to get rid of them.”

“But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War.”