The Challenge of Our Time

The realization of the threat to civilization involved in atomic warfare brought forth prompt proposals for the dispersal of urban populations. This possibility was discussed in an early issue of the BULLETIN by J. Marschak, E. Teller, and L R. Klein. (“Dispersal of Cities and Industries”, Vol. 1, No. 9). The question of dispersal has been subordinated in recent months to discussions of international politics. Mr. Oppenheimer, a political scientist, trained at the University of Chicago, now shows how the logic of international politics enforces previous arguments in support of decentralization.