War Department Thinking on the Atomic Bomb

Following is the full text of the document “The Effects of the Atomic Bomb on National Security (An Expression of War Department Thinking),” as submitted to Congress and as reprinted in the Army Navy Journal for April 12, 1947. This report, prepared by the Army, was patterned upon a report of Navy Thinking written by Dr. Bernard Brodie of the Institute of International Studies, Yale University, while in the part-time employ of the Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress. Under the same auspices Dr. Brodie prepared critiques of the Army-Navy Reports. The BULLETIN expects to publish Dr. Brodie's report of Navy Thinking in an early issue.