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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Seymour Melman, professor at Columbia, posed the alternatives of "disarmament or defeat," feeling that universal destruction would be the result of a rejection of disarmament policy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Panelists Debate Merits Of Disarmament Policy | 2/16/1961 | See Source »

Those who support arms control, Melman claimed, "are not willing to make a strong case for the democratic system," where advancement takes place through autonomous organizations, rather than state control...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Melman Attacks Defeatists Who Favor Arms Control | 12/17/1960 | See Source »

These "defeatists" must counter their "political humiliation" with continued military competition, under arms control, Melman said. By equalizing the military strength of Russia and the United States, supporters of arms control hope to bring about a "stable deterrent system," preventing either side from beginning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Melman Attacks Defeatists Who Favor Arms Control | 12/17/1960 | See Source »

...Melman found several things wrong with this "deterrent system." First, he maintained, military equality will not prevent war, because both sides are ready to fire at the slightest suspicion that the other is planning an attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Melman Attacks Defeatists Who Favor Arms Control | 12/17/1960 | See Source »

...Second, Melman said, is the possibility of human error, of "wrongly estimating the intentions of others." He cited a recent incident where radar signals bouncing off the moon were mistaken for incoming Russian missiles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Melman Attacks Defeatists Who Favor Arms Control | 12/17/1960 | See Source »

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