Title Realism, utopia, and the mushroom cloud : four activist intellectuals and their strategies for peace, 1945-1989 : Louise Weiss (France), Leo Szilard (USA), E.P. Thompson (England), Danilo Dolci (Italy) / Michael Bess

Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1993] ©1993 ©1993

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Description xxviii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Peace through Strength: Louise Weiss's Global Realpolitik -- 2. Peace through Cooperative Diplomacy: Leo Szilard's Vision of a Superpower Duopoly -- 3. Peace as Grass-Roots Internationalism: E. P. Thompson's Campaign against Bloc Politics -- 4. Peace through Social Transformation: Danilo Dolci's Long-Range Experiments with Gandhian Nonviolence -- Conclusion -- The Limits of the Possible: Three Core Debates -- The Future of Government on a Global Scale -- The Human Capacity for Change -- Two Conceptions of Power -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Analysis Peace Peace Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-309) and index Subject Dolci, Danilo. Szilard, Leo. Thompson, E. P. (Edward Palmer), 1924-1993. Weiss, Louise, 1893-1983. Intellectual life -- History -- 20th century. Intellectuals -- Biography. Pacifists -- Biography. Genre/Form Biographies. LC no. 93009707 ISBN 0226044203 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226044211 (paperback: alk. paper)

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