Call to Mutiny
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9201678 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Ellsberg (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 1981-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Publisher | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-033-04-1981-08_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2075282390 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
"It has never been true that nuclear war is 'unthinkable.' It has been thought and the thought has been put into effect." E.P. Thompson refers here, in the brilliant and moving essay that opens this volume, to the deliberate destruction of the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. What he does not mention is that the Americans who conceived and ordered this project, like those who prepared it and carried it out and the great majority of the public who learned of it after the event, regarded the effects of the first nuclear war as marvelously successful. Such thoughts get thought again, and acted on.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic history · Event (particle physics) · Media studies · Mutiny · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Classics · History · Nuclear Issues and Defense
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 2008 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |