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The Effects of Nuclear War
by Office of Technology Assessment. Congress of the United States
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- hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0916672360
- ISBN 13
- 9780916672362
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Totowa, New Jersey: Allanheld, Osman & Co., 1980. Hardcover. Second Printing, 1981. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Dust stains to top edge. Jacket has fading to spine and a half-inch tear at top of front hinge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. vii + 151 pages.
This assessment was made in response to a request from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to examine the effects of nuclear war on the populations and economies of the United States and the Soviet Union. The study examines the full range of effects that nuclear war would have on civilians: direct effects from blast and radiation; and indirect effects from economic, social, and political disruption. Particular attention is devoted to the ways in which the impact of a nuclear war would extend over time. Two of the study's principal findings are that conditions would continue to get worse for some time after a nuclear war ended, and that the effects of nuclear war that cannot be calculated in advance are at least as important as those which analysts attempt to quantify. This report provides essential background for a range of issues relating to strategic weapons and foreign policy. It translates what is generally known about the effects of nuclear weapons into the best available estimates about the impact on society if such weapons were used. It calls attention to the very wide range of impacts that nuclear weapons would have on a complex industrial society, and to the extent of uncertainty regarding these impacts.
This assessment was made in response to a request from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to examine the effects of nuclear war on the populations and economies of the United States and the Soviet Union. The study examines the full range of effects that nuclear war would have on civilians: direct effects from blast and radiation; and indirect effects from economic, social, and political disruption. Particular attention is devoted to the ways in which the impact of a nuclear war would extend over time. Two of the study's principal findings are that conditions would continue to get worse for some time after a nuclear war ended, and that the effects of nuclear war that cannot be calculated in advance are at least as important as those which analysts attempt to quantify. This report provides essential background for a range of issues relating to strategic weapons and foreign policy. It translates what is generally known about the effects of nuclear weapons into the best available estimates about the impact on society if such weapons were used. It calls attention to the very wide range of impacts that nuclear weapons would have on a complex industrial society, and to the extent of uncertainty regarding these impacts.
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- Title
- The Effects of Nuclear War
- Author
- Office of Technology Assessment. Congress of the United States
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket condition
- Very Good
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0916672360
- ISBN 13
- 9780916672362
- Publisher
- Allanheld, Osman & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, New Jersey
- Date published
- 1980
- Keywords
- atomic, nuclear, war, warfare, weapons, Soviet Union, USSR, United States, USA, 0709903464
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science & Technology; Politics & Government; Military and Defense; Russia, Soviet Union, etc.;
- Size
- 8vo
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