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Robert Ehrlich Physics Department George Mason University
State University of New York Press Albany
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1985 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New YorkPress, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y. 12246
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Ehrlich, Robert, 1938 Waging nuclear peace.
Bibliography: p. 379 1. Atomic warfare. 2. Atomic weapons. 3. Atomic weapons and disarmament. 4. Arms raceHistory20th century. I. Title. U263.E47 1984 355'.0217 84120 ISBN 0-87395-919-1 ISBN 0-87395-920-5 (pbk.)
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for David and Gary's grandchildren, may they be allowed to exist.
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CONTENTS
List of Figures
ix
List of Tables
xi
I Introduction to the Issues
1 The Nuclear Debate
3
2 Public Opinion and the Media
11
II Nuclear Arms and Nuclear War
3 Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Strategy
43
4 The Continuing Arms Race
89
5 Limited Nuclear War
131
III The Effects of Nuclear War
6 Nuclear-Weapons Effects
165
7 The Effects of Nuclear War on the United States and the Soviet Union
187
8 Long-Term Worldwide Effects of a Nuclear War
213
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IV Policy Options and Objectives
9 Effectiveness of Civil Defense
251
10 Arms Control and Disarmament
283
11 Nuclear-Weapons Proliferation
319
Appendix A: The Physical Principles of Nuclear Energy and Radiation
345
Appendix B: Survival after Nuclear War
363
Notes
367
Bibliography
379
Index
383
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FIGURES
3.1 Estimated percentage of fatalities.
53
3.2 Strategic arsenals of the superpowers.
59
3.3 One-megaton airburst over Leningrad.
61
3.4 Ten 40-kiloton airbursts over Leningrad.
62
3.5 Determination of CEP from warhead landing points.
65
3.6 Strategic missile forces of U.S. and U.S.S.R.
74
3.7 Strategic nuclear warheads of U.S. and U.S.S.R.
76
3.8 Percentage of land area at risk to blast damage (5 psi level).
77
6.1 Wooden-frame house before nuclear explosion.
169
6.2 Wooden-frame house after nuclear explosion.
171
6.3 Peak overpressures on the ground for a one-kiloton detonation.
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