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Article: In the Shadow of the Bomb
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- The Washington Post
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- December 11, 1988
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DANGER AND SURVIVAL
Choices About the Bomb
In the First Fifty Years
By McGeorge Bundy
Random House. 735 pp. $24.95
THE NUCLEAR AGE began 50 years ago this month, with the discovery
of nuclear fission. In this magnificent book McGeorge Bundy examines
some of the most important political choices made since then. His
book is part history, part memoir, part commentary. Bundy, who was
assistant for national security affairs to Presidents Kennedy and
Johnson, weaves together historical analysis, personal experience and
the discussion of current issues to produce a powerful interpretation
of the role of nuclear weapons in world politics.
The scope of the book is impressive. Roosevelt's ...