TY  - BOOK
AU  - Perry,John
TI  - Nuclear Weapons and the Environment: an ecological case for non-proliferation 
T2  - Environment and society
SN  - 9781793602831
AV  - U264 .P462 2021
U1  - 363.738 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Nuclear weapons
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Testing
KW  - Nuclear energy
KW  - Nuclear nonproliferation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-175) and index; Introduction to book on non-proliferation -- Historical background -- The nuclear non-proliferation treaty -- The risk of a regional nuclear war between India and Pakistan -- The environmental and human cost of producing nuclear weapons -- Chernobyl : the world's worst nuclear accident -- The greatest industrial accident in history / Fukushima Daiichi -- The greatest deproliferation of nuclear weapons in the postwar period -- Nuclear proliferation through theft, terrorism or neglect -- Nuclear weapons testing : inflicting the conditions of nuclear war on fragile environments -- Pakistan : the biggest and most important exporter of nuclear technology in the history of the nuclear age -- The ultimate weapon as the ultimate guarantee of regime survival : North Korea and the bomb -- Conclusion
N2  - "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"--
ER  -