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Sleepwalking to Armageddon: The Threat of Nuclear Annihilation
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Description for Sleepwalking to Armageddon: The Threat of Nuclear Annihilation
Hardcover. Editor(s): Caldicott, Helen. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JWMN; RNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Pioneering antinuclear activist Helen Caldicott assembles the world's leading nuclear scientists and thought leaders to assess the political and scientific dimensions of the threat of nuclear war today. Chapters include the size and distribution of the current global nuclear arsenal and the history and politics of nuclear weapons. The book ends with a devastating description of what a nuclear attack on Manhattan would look like, followed by an overview of contemporary antinuclear activism. Both essential and terrifying, this book is sure to become the new bible of the antinuclear movement.
Pioneering antinuclear activist Helen Caldicott assembles the world's leading nuclear scientists and thought leaders to assess the political and scientific dimensions of the threat of nuclear war today. Chapters include the size and distribution of the current global nuclear arsenal and the history and politics of nuclear weapons. The book ends with a devastating description of what a nuclear attack on Manhattan would look like, followed by an overview of contemporary antinuclear activism. Both essential and terrifying, this book is sure to become the new bible of the antinuclear movement.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The New Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781620972465
SKU
V9781620972465
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99-15
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The world’s leading spokesperson for the antinuclear movement, Helen Caldicott is the co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and the 2003 winner of the Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom. She is the author of The New Nuclear Danger, Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer, and Loving This Planet. She divides her time between ... Read more
Reviews for Sleepwalking to Armageddon: The Threat of Nuclear Annihilation
Praise for Dr. Helen Caldicott: "Dr. Helen Caldicott has the rare ability to combine science with passion, logic with love, and urgency with humor." —Naomi Klein