The Dangers of Nuclear War : : A Pugwash Symposium / / ed. by Franklyn Griffiths, John C. Polanyi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Arbatov, Georgia A.,; Bundy, W. Mcgeorge,; Chari, P.R.,; Epstein, William,; Freier, Shalheveth,; Garwin, Richard L.,; Griffiths, Franklyn,; Ignatieff, George,; Mark, J. Carson,; Miller, G.E.,; Polanyi, John C.,; Rathjens, George W.,; Schütze, Walter,; Steinbruner, John,; Trudeau, Pierre Elliott,; Zuckerman, Lord,
• HerausgeberIn: Griffiths, Franklyn,; Polanyi, John C.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Trudeau, Pierre Elliott.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 p.)

This collection of studies is one of the most lucid and sober analyses of the dangers of nuclear war, which mankind is facing. Written by natural and social scientists, the book should be read both by statesmen and by the general public. Looking towards the end of the century it makes clear the grow...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Statement by the participants
• 1. Consequences of Nuclear War
• The Avoidance of Nuclear War Up to the Present
• 2. The Avoidance of Nuclear War since 1945
• 3. An Assessment of Nuclear Crises
• 4. Existing Systems of Command and Control
• 5. The Achievements of Arms Control
• Future Developments as They Affect the Threat of Nuclear War
• 6. A World of Many Nuclear Powers
• 7. Weapons Developments and the Threat of Nuclear War
• Nuclear War
• 8. Nuclear Terrorism and Nuclear War
• 9. Local Wars and Their Escalation
• 10. Nuclear War between the Super-powers
• Retrospect and Prospect
• 11. Forum: Remarks Made at a Special Session with the Prime Minister of Canada
• 12. A Forecast
• 13. The Dangers of Nuclear War
• Glossary
• THE DANGERS OF NUCLEAR WAR