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From: rew@hao.UUCP (Russell K. Rew)
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Subject: Re: Nuclear Holocaust
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Date: Sun, 15-Jan-84 14:58:58 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 15 14:58:58 1984
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Since no one else has mentioned it, I highly recommend Jonathan
Schell's two-part article "The Abolition" that recently appeared in the
New Yorker (January 2 and 9).  I think Schell deserves consideration
for a Nobel Peace Prize for this remarkable piece of work.  In it, he
defines the current predicament of the human race, teetering on the
brink of extinction, and then proposes a novel way to avoid this
ultimate atrocity.  Schell carefully presents the problems with both
deterrence (as it is currently understood) and with proposals for
complete nuclear disarmament that depend on any form of world
government.  He then proposes a practical way to move toward a world in
which nuclear weapons are abolished, the benefits of deterrence are
preserved, and sovereign states remain sovereign.  I would like to see
more discussion of Schell's "weaponless deterrence" by others who have
read the New Yorker piece.
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				  Russ Rew
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