The neutron bomb and the military-industrial complex: Free e-text

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By David Rothman

Was the neutron bomb actually a moral weapon, assuming that such things can exist? Could this technology have won Vietnam for the U.S.? And did the military-industrial complex shun the n-bomb for economic reasons–because it threatened jobs? Samuel T. Cohen, the bomb’s inventor, holds forth on those and other issues in a Boing Boing exclusive. This free e-text of 10,000 words is a must read no matter what your politics.

Oh, and speaking of economics, just what does it say about the MSM when Charles Platt, a brilliant novelist and journalist, is turning to a blog to publish this important article? Meanwhile, at some point, I hope to catch up with Sam Cohen’s autobiography, Shame: Confessions of the Father of the Neutron Bomb.

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