The Nuclear Predicament; A Sourcebook
Joe Marvullo (photomontage) New York: St. Martin's Press [A Bedford Book], 1986. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xix, [3], 403, [7] pages. Name in ink on half-title page. Figures. Tables. Footnotes. Glossary of Nuclear Terms. Decorative front cover. Among the authors whose work is included in this Sourcebook are: Jonathan Schell, Carl Sagan, Daniel Ellsberg, Colin Gray, Robert DeGrasse, Herbert Scoville, Jerome Wiesner, George Kennan and McGeorge Bundy. Among the topics addressed are: Nuclear Weapons, Weapon Effects, Nuclear Winter, Arms Race, Baruch Plan, Strategic Arms Limitation, Nukespeak, Detente, Emergency Management. This work developed out of a three-year trial in a UCLA freshman English course and in a university-wide interdisciplinary course. In addition, the book was influenced by the Editor's involvement in the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation that, among other activities, offered intensive seminars for college teachers. Such experience has shown the Editor that nuclear weapons policy is not an east subject to tech. this book tries to make it teachable. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Nuclear Weapons, Weapon Effects, Nuclear Winter, Arms Race, Baruch Plan, Strategic Arms Limitation, Nukespeak, Detente, Emergency Management, Jonathan Schell, Carl Sagan, Daniel Ellsberg, Colin Gray, Robert DeGrasse, Herbert Scoville, Jerome Wiesner
ISBN: 0312579721
[Book #84064]
Price: $60.00