Description
David Barash presents the first comprehensive integrated and objective look at all aspects of our nuclear problem. A well-versed science writer ,Professor Barash ranges over the physics, biology, history, economics, politics, psychology and ethics of nuclear weapons in a knowledgeable and accessible fashion. Among the critical topics covered in this book are:
Nuclear hardware-how the bomb works
The history of nuclear arms
The immediate, medium and long-term effects of nuclear fallout
Strategic doctrine, including current information on arms proposals and the strategic defense initiative
Nuclear arms competition and efforts at control
To help readers make up their own minds on important issues, a "Policy Issues" section giving pro and con arguments is included at the end of every chapter
DAVID BARASH is professor of psychology and zoology at the University of Washing ton, Seattle. He has contributed more than 150 articles to professional journals, and has published eight books including Sociobiology and Behavior, The Whisperings Within Evolution and the Origin of Human Nature, Stop Nuclear War! A Handbook, and The Caveman and the Bomb Human Nature, Evolution and Nuclear War.
ISBN:0534068464
