Atomic Weapons And East-West Relations Summary

This book review is based on the book name Atomic Weapons and East-West Relations which wrote by P.M.S Blackett in 1956. The author provides detail, discussion, analysis and his opinion about atomic power and the relation between East which represented the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and West which represented the United State of American (US) during cold war period which their relationship were like a competition. On the other hand the author shows bad and good side of both countries. He doesn’t support any countries but mostly in this book is about analysis the situation. He gives the information and analysis about the effect of using atomic weapon as well. I found this book very interested from the others because this book doesn’t tell that the US or USSR are bad or good countries. On the contrary, he mostly focuses on how the atomic weapons will affect the others in
On the other hand, he quoted other experts as well, but he will add his own opinion along with expert’s opinion. For example, he uses quotation from the white paper which said that “It is sometimes argued that with the build-up of stock of nuclear bombs by USSR of a stock of nuclear bombs by the Russians, the deterrent value to the Western Powers of building up a stock of bombs and the means of delivery will diminish. This is not so” (28) .But the author argues that “If the above statement were strictly true, why should the West have tried so hard, and be still trying, to maintain at great cost its atomic superiority? Therefore, he wants to argue his view with other experts view. But, he doesn’t always argue the quotation, he sometimes quoted experts idea to support his own view. For example, the author said about the situation that he describe and he tell us that Dr. Cockburn has describe clearly about it by saying “Dr. Cockburn has put it clearly and