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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.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction to Book on Non-Proliferation
Chapter Two: Historical Background
Chapter Three: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Chapter Four: The Risk of a Regional Nuclear War between India and Pakistan
Chapter Five: The Environmental and Human Cost of Producing Nuclear Weapons
Chapter Six: Chernobyl: The World's Worst Nuclear Accident
Chapter Seven: The Greatest Industrial Accident in History: Fukushima Daiichi
Chapter Eight: The Greatest Deproliferation of Nuclear Weapons in the Postwar Period
Chapter Nine: Nuclear Proliferation through Theft, Terrorism or Neglect
Chapter Ten: Nuclear Weapons Testing: Inflicting the Conditions of Nuclear War on Fragile Environments
Chapter Eleven: Pakistan: The Biggest and Most Important Exporter of Nuclear Technology in the History of the Nuclear Age
Chapter Twelve: The Ultimate Weapon as the Ultimate Guarantee of Regime Survival: North Korea and the Bomb
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By John Perry
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.
