In the speech, Einstein dismantled the idea that military preparedness could provide safety. He argued that the traditional concepts of national defense had been rendered obsolete by the splitting of the atom. In the past, a defensive war was possible; now, with a weapon that could obliterate a city in a millisecond, the distinction between victory and defeat had vanished.
: The establishment of a supra-national judicial and executive body empowered to decide questions of international security. In the speech, Einstein dismantled the idea that
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While the full audio recording runs approximately 11 minutes, the following is a reconstruction of the most powerful segments of Einstein’s Menace of Mass Destruction address (source: Einstein on the Atomic Bomb , Atlantic Monthly interview and radio address, 1948). Atlantic Monthly interview and radio address