In a terrifying yet necessary assessment, the world?s leading antinuclear activist assembles top scientists and thought leaders?including Robert Alvarez of the Institute for Policy Studies, Noam Chomsky, Seth Baum of the Global Catastrophic Rick Institute, and others?to analyze the political and scientific dimensions of the threat of nuclear war today.
In a terrifying yet necessary assessment, the world?s leading antinuclear activist assembles top scientists and thought leaders?including Robert Alvarez of the Institute for Policy Studies, Noam Chomsky, Seth Baum of the Global Catastrophic Rick Institute, and others?to analyze the political and scientific dimensions of the threat of nuclear war today.
The world's leading spokesperson for the antinuclear movement, Helen Caldicott is the co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and the 2003 winner of the Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom. She is the author of The New Nuclear Danger, Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer, and Loving This Planet. She divides her time between Australia and the United States.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I: 21st Century Nuclear Weaponry 1. Seth Baum - Assessing Catastrophic Risk 2. Hans Kristensen - Modernization of Nuclear Weaponry 3. Alan Robock - Nuclear Smoke and the Climatic Effects of Nuclear War 4. Bruce Gagnon - Addicted to Weapons 5. Bob Alvarez -The Plutonium Problem 6. Max Tegmark - Nuclear Weapons and Artificial Intelligence 7. Hugh Gusterson - Weapons Scientists, Up Close Part II: 21st Century Nuclear Politics 1. William Hartung - Nuclear Politics 2. Noam Chomsky - National Politics Versus National Security 3. Robert Parry - The Existential Madness of Putin-Bashing Part III: Solutions 1. Ray Acheson - Law and Morality at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons 2. Tim Wright - A New Movement to Ban Nuclear Weapons 3. Susi Snyder - Don't Bank on the Bomb 4. David Krieger - Nuclear Weapons and Possible Human Extinction: The Heroic Marshall Islanders 5. Holly Barker - Persistent Violence and Silent Suffering: Marshallese Migrants in Washington State Contributors include: 1. Robert Alvarez, the Institute for Policy Studies 2. Seth Baum, Global Catastrophic Risk Institute 3. Noam Chomsky 4. Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space 5. William Hartung, Center for International Policy 6. Hans Kristensen, the Federation of American Scientists 7. Robert Parry, journalist 8. Theodore A. Postol, professor emeritus of science, technology, and national security policy at MIT 9. Max Tegmark, professor of physics at MIT
Part I: 21st Century Nuclear Weaponry 1. Seth Baum - Assessing Catastrophic Risk 2. Hans Kristensen - Modernization of Nuclear Weaponry 3. Alan Robock - Nuclear Smoke and the Climatic Effects of Nuclear War 4. Bruce Gagnon - Addicted to Weapons 5. Bob Alvarez -The Plutonium Problem 6. Max Tegmark - Nuclear Weapons and Artificial Intelligence 7. Hugh Gusterson - Weapons Scientists, Up Close Part II: 21st Century Nuclear Politics 1. William Hartung - Nuclear Politics 2. Noam Chomsky - National Politics Versus National Security 3. Robert Parry - The Existential Madness of Putin-Bashing Part III: Solutions 1. Ray Acheson - Law and Morality at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons 2. Tim Wright - A New Movement to Ban Nuclear Weapons 3. Susi Snyder - Don't Bank on the Bomb 4. David Krieger - Nuclear Weapons and Possible Human Extinction: The Heroic Marshall Islanders 5. Holly Barker - Persistent Violence and Silent Suffering: Marshallese Migrants in Washington State Contributors include: 1. Robert Alvarez, the Institute for Policy Studies 2. Seth Baum, Global Catastrophic Risk Institute 3. Noam Chomsky 4. Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space 5. William Hartung, Center for International Policy 6. Hans Kristensen, the Federation of American Scientists 7. Robert Parry, journalist 8. Theodore A. Postol, professor emeritus of science, technology, and national security policy at MIT 9. Max Tegmark, professor of physics at MIT
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