Present Military Technique ,a Disastrous Illusion

Speech by Dr. Albert Einstien, delivered  in princeton,New jersy, for broadcast on NBC Television program, 19,1950.     ''  The idea of achieving security through national armament is,at the present state of military technique , a disastrous illusion. On the part of the United States  this illusion has been particularly fostered by the fact that this country succeeded first in producing an atomic bomb. The belief seemed to prevail that in the end it were possible to achieve decisive military supiority. In this way, any potential opponent would be intimidated. The maxim, which we have been following during these last five years, has been, in short: security through superior military power, whatever the cost. This mechanistic ,       technical-military psychological attitude had inevitable consequences.          Is there any way out of this impasse created by man himself ? All of us , and particularly those who are responsible  for the attitude of the U.S and the U.S.S.R., should realize thit we may have vanquished ab external enemy ,     but have been  incapable of  getting rid of the mentality created by the war.''