Arthur C. Clarke - Nehru Memorial Address, New Delhi 13 November 1986: Star Wars and Star Peace - University of Moratuwa, 1986, First Edition.

Moratuwa, University of Moratuwa, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Short pamphlet reporducing Clarke's 1986 Nehru Memorial Address wherein he discusses his prediction from 1946 that ?The only defence against the weapons of the future is to prevent them ever being used. The problem is political and not military. A country?s armed services can no longer defend it; the most they can promise is to destroy the attacker?. A fascinating speech on nuclear war and quite uncommon. 12pp + 1pp being a transcript of Primeminister Rajiv Gandhi's thanks to Clarke. Bound in card wrappers, with cloth-tape spine. Some handling wear to the wraps, and some pencil erasure, but largely in excellent shape. Only one copy on COPAC (East Anglia) [8837, Hyraxia Books].