During the [[Cold War]] he advocated nuclear disarmament, even if it were [[unilateral]] on the part of Western powers, a stance mocked as "better Red than dead."<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=uIRi0BOvTi4C&pg=PA391&lpg=PA391&dq=%22better+red+than+dead%22+%22Bertrand+Russell%22&source=web&ots=WwFRaEaAmY&sig=h5XEKBrZOQidfBaca9EqJySsISM&hl=en</ref> Russell was also the first president of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and authored the Russell-Einstein Manifesto. "<ref>http://www.pugwash.org/about/manifesto.htm</ref>" | During the [[Cold War]] he advocated nuclear disarmament, even if it were [[unilateral]] on the part of Western powers, a stance mocked as "better Red than dead."<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=uIRi0BOvTi4C&pg=PA391&lpg=PA391&dq=%22better+red+than+dead%22+%22Bertrand+Russell%22&source=web&ots=WwFRaEaAmY&sig=h5XEKBrZOQidfBaca9EqJySsISM&hl=en</ref> Russell was also the first president of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and authored the Russell-Einstein Manifesto. "<ref>http://www.pugwash.org/about/manifesto.htm</ref>" |