Nuclear weapons and the environment : an ecological case for non-proliferation / John Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, John, 1946 February 7- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Environment and society.

Environment and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Environmental aspects.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons--Testing--Environmental aspects.

Nuclear energy--Environmental aspects.

Nuclear energy.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2021.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]

Summary:

"In Nuclear Weapons and the Environment, John Perry highlights the grave risks associated with the continued proliferation of nuclear weapons, pointing not just to the dangers to human life but to the severe environmental damage caused by nuclear device testing"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction to book on non-proliferation

Historical background

The nuclear non-proliferation treaty

The risk of a regional nuclear war between India and Pakistan

The environmental and human cost of producing nuclear weapons

Chernobyl : the world's worst nuclear accident

The greatest industrial accident in history / Fukushima Daiichi

The greatest deproliferation of nuclear weapons in the postwar period

Nuclear proliferation through theft, terrorism or neglect

Nuclear weapons testing : inflicting the conditions of nuclear war on fragile environments

Pakistan : the biggest and most important exporter of nuclear technology in the history of the nuclear age

The ultimate weapon as the ultimate guarantee of regime survival : North Korea and the bomb

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-9787-2282-6

1-7936-0284-0

OCLC:

1226797016