The Struggle Against the Bomb - Volume One, One World or None: A History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement Through 1953

"A perceptive account of the effort to control nuclear weapons in the years following World War II. It is the first of three volumes in an ambitious work that tells the story of the struggle to contain the atom more fully than ever before....The best description that exists of efforts to promote disarmament around the globe."--The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
"Wittner's work demonstrates truly prodigious research. Beyond providing a comprehensive overview of the topic, moreover, the book also provides considerable new information for the debate over the historical significance of the disarmament movement."--American Historical Review

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Summary

This is the opening volume in a comprehensive history of the global movement against nuclear weapons. Ranging from the prophetic warning of H.G. Wells in 1913 to the H-Bomb controversy of the 1950s, it tells the story of the emergence of popular efforts to save humanity from nuclear destruction.

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"...Wittner's oustanding book employs massive research into previously secret governmental records and organizational files in an effort to show how concerned and determined citizens throughout the world have altered the course of history."

Product details

• Authors: Wittner Lawrence, Lawrence Wittner, Lawrence S Wittner, Lawrence S. Wittner
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1993
• EAN: 9780804721417
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2141-7
• No. of pages: 476
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 237 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 857 g
• Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series; Struggle Against the Bomb Vol.; Stanford Nuclear Age Series; Stanford Nuclear Age
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education