Toward Nuclear Abolition : A History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, 1971-Present / Lawrence S. Wittner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wittner, Lawrence S., Author.

Contributor:

Sherwin, Martin J., Contributor.

Wittner, Lawrence S., Contributor.

Series:

Stanford Nuclear Age

Stanford Nuclear Age Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (688 p.) : 21 illustrations

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Toward Nuclear Abolition presents the inspiring, dramatic story of how citizen activists helped curb the arms race and prevent nuclear war. Examining events from 1971 to the present, the author continues the account he began in two earlier volumes, One World or None and Resisting the Bomb. The book shows how pressure from the Nuclear Freeze campaign in the United States, the European Nuclear Disarmament campaign, and comparable movements around the world foiled the nuclear ambitions of hawkish government officials and forced them toward nuclear arms control and disarmament. A leading historian and peace researcher, the author combines extensive scholarly research with a pathbreaking account of how the largest mass movement of modern times saved the world from nuclear annihilation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

The Stanford Nuclear Age Series

Preface

Contents

1. Largely Forgotten: The Arms Race and the Movement, 1971-76

2. The Movement Begins to Revive, 1975-78

3. Signs of Progress: Public Policy Shifts, 1977-78

4. Escalating Activism, 1979-80

5. Big Defeats, Small Victories, 1979-80

6. The Rise of the Hawks, 1976-83

7. Revolt of the Doves: The Movement in Northern Europe, 1981-85

8. Revolt of the Doves: The Movement Elsewhere in Non-Communist Europe, 1981-85

9. Revolt of the Doves: The Movement in the United States and Canada, 1981-85

10. Revolt of the Doves: The Movement in the Pacific, Asia, Africa, the Near and Middle East, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, 1981-85

11. Revolt of the Doves: International Dimensions, 1981-85

12. Governments Confront the Movement, 1981-85

13. Public Policy Wavers, 1981-85

14. U.S. Policy: The Hard Line Softens, 1981-85

15. The Movement Continues, 1985-88

16. Breakthrough for Nuclear Disarmament, 1985-88

17. The Movement Tide Recedes, 1989-93

18. Further Victories, 1989-93

19. Waning Strength, Reviving Arms Race, 1993-2002

Conclusion: Reflections on the Past and the Future

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-2432-3

OCLC:

1294423549