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100	1		_aPerry, John, _d1946 February 7- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aNuclear Weapons and the Environment : _ban ecological case for non-proliferation / _cJohn Perry.
260			_aLanham: _bLexington Books, _c2021.
300			_avii, 181 pages ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aEnvironment and society
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 163-175) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction 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.
520			_a"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"--
650		0	_aNuclear weapons _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aNuclear weapons _xTesting _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aNuclear energy _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aNuclear nonproliferation.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aPerry, John, 1946 February 7- _tNuclear weapons and the environment _dLanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021] _z9781793602848 _w(DLC) 2020055098
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