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UNINA9910463952303321 |
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Titolo |
The British nuclear weapons programme, 1952-2002 / / editors Douglas Holdstock, Frank Barnaby ; with a foreword by Joseph Rotblat |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; Portland, OR : , : Frank Cass, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-05561-8 |
9786610055616 |
1-135-76197-3 |
0-203-00910-X |
6610055610 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 p. ) : ill., maps |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HoldstockDouglas <1933-> |
BarnabyFrank |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nuclear weapons - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Military policy |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. British Nuclear Weapons Policy 2. Legality of British Nuclear Weapons 3. The Nuclear Battlefield 4. My First Trip to Ground Zero 5. Why I Rejected Nuclear Weapons 6. Resisting the British Bomb: The early years 7. The 1980s 8. Recent Times 9. British Nuclear Tests and the Indigenous people of Australia 10. Cleaning-Up Maralinga 11. Long-term Health Effects in UK Test Veterans 12. Health Effects at Home 13. Nuclear Terrorism: Today's nuclear threat 14. An End to British Nuclear Weapons? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Morality is at the core of the nuclear weapons issue. This collection explores the policy that combined nuclear weapons development with power generation. It presents a clear case against nuclear weapons. |
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