Minutes to Midnight - Nuclear Weapons Protest in America

Minutes to Midnight explores the dynamics of the antinuclear protest movement, particularly the freeze and its origins, growth, decline, and enduring problems. Beginning with a historical analysis of early attempts to control nuclear weapons, the authors then use a unique sociohistorical case study to give new insight into how social change occurs in postindustrial society. The seven chapters examine the problems created by the development of technology, nuclear weapons, and the creation of new social classes and new social movements as vehicles to accumulate power.

List of contents

The Rise and Fall of the Freeze
Social Problems in Postindustrial Society
Atomic Scientists Movement and the Bulletin
Ban the Bomb
The Freeze
Origins, Growth and Decline
The Freeze
Strategy, Tactics and Social Control
Beyond the Freeze

Summary

Explores the dynamics of the antinuclear protest movement, particularly the freeze and its origins, growth, decline, and enduring problems. Beginning with a historical analysis of early attempts to control nuclear weapons, this work uses a sociohistorical case study to give insight into how social change occurs in postindustrial society.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald E Markle, Gerald E. Markle, Markle Gerald E., Frances B McCrea, Frances B. McCrea, Frances B. Markle Mccrea
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.1989
• EAN: 9780803934184
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-3418-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Violence, Cooperation, Peace; Violence, Cooperation, Peace
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare, United States of America, USA, Nuclear weapons, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations, Politics & International Relations