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McCarthyism, from Oppenheimer to today
McCarthyism, from Oppenheimer to today by Rev. Robert Moore 475 words I recently viewed the new Oppenheimer movie and was struck by the horrifying McCarthyism based on unfounded accusations and inuendo that destroyed Dr. Oppenheimer’s reputation. This severely undermined his efforts after World War II to stop the H-bomb and start nuclear arms control regimes
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Oppenheimer’s Truth
Oppenheimer’s Truth by Winslow Myers 854 words After the Japanese surrender in 1945, Oppenheimer saw immediately that any nation with adequate resources would be eventually able to build a weapon, and that something as gargantuan as an H-bomb had no possible military function. It could only be a mechanism for genocide. As he tried to
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From the Partial Test Ban Treaty to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
From the Partial Test Ban Treaty to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World by Lawrence S. Wittner 960 words This September is the 60th anniversary of U.S. and Soviet ratification of the world’s first significant nuclear arms control agreement, the Partial Test Ban Treaty. Thus, it’s an appropriate time to examine that treaty, as well as to consider what