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The Fate of the EarthBy Jonathan Schell

Knopf, 244 pp., $11.95 Jonathan Schell believes that an ultimate nuclear holocaust would threaten the future of humanity, that humanity ought to have a future, and that someone ought to do something about the problem. A man who so challenged the conventional wisdom would formerly have been burnt at the stake, but in our enlightened time Mr. Schell is acclaimed a moral and political philosopher. The Book-of-the-Month Club even distributes his book at cost, an honor not attained by Holy Writ.

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The Fate of the EarthBy Jonathan Schell

Knopf, 244 pp., $11.95 Jonathan Schell believes that an ultimate nuclear holocaust would threaten the future of humanity, that humanity ought to have a future, and that someone ought to do something about the problem. A man who so challenged the conventional wisdom would formerly have been burnt at the stake, but in our enlightened time Mr. Schell is acclaimed a moral and political philosopher. The Book-of-the-Month Club even distributes his book at cost, an honor not attained by Holy Writ.