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Trade paperback. Zustand: good. First Printing. xxii, [2], 338, (6) pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps. Charts. Tables. References. Appendix. Suggested Readings. Index. Some sticker residue to covers. Some wear to cover edges. Foreword by Lewis Thomas, M.D. This work consists chiefly of papers from the First Congress of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, held in Washington, DC, March 1981. Discusses the medical aspects of the atomic bombing of Japan, and the potential physical and medical consequences, medical response, and environmental and psychological consequences of a nuclear war in the 1980's. The contentw were written by the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the winners of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. Among the contributors are Samuel Glasstone, Kosta Tsipis, Robert Jay Lifton, and Joseph Rotblat. Among the topics are nuclear disarmament, nuclear explosions, Nagasaki, Atomic Bombings, Hiroshima, Medical Effects, Medical Consequences, Nuclear Attack, Megaton, Medical Response, Survivors, Radiation Exposure, and Radioactive Fallout. Eric S. Chivian is the founder and director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHGE) at Harvard Medical School, where he is also an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry. A 1964 graduate of Harvard University (AB, biochemistry), he went on to graduate from Harvard Medical School in 1968. In recent years, Chivian has worked to explore common ground between scientific and religious perspectives on environmental issues. Together with the Rev. Richard Cizik, then Vice President for Governmental Affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals, Chivian was named by Time (magazine) in 2008 as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, for their work in organizing scientists and evangelicals to join together in efforts to protect the global environment. Robert Jay Lifton (born May 16, 1926) is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of wars and political violence, and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory.…

Trade paperback. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 254 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Tables. Charts. Notes. Tabular Data. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ruth Salzman Adams (1921-2005) was an arms-control activist and a former longtime editor of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who devoted most of her life to ensuring that a broad array of scientists and scholars focused on solutions for world peace. Ruth Adams became assistant editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1953 and worked closely with the editor, Eugene Rabinowitch. Adams was an early participant in the Pugwash peace movement, which brought together American and Soviet scientists concerned about the nuclear threat. She was the only woman present in 1957 at the first Pugwash conference in Nova Scotia, sponsored by such eminent scientists as Albert Einstein and Linus Pauling. In the later decades of the Cold War she "frequently had a facilitating role in maintaining the flow of policy-oriented communication and understanding on nuclear issues between senior Western and Soviet scientists". Ruth Adams was a Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, her edited and co-edited books include works on human migrations, the anti-ballistic missile, and contemporary China. "Collection of papers presented at a series of symposia on the medical consequences of nuclear weapons and nuclear war."--Introduction. Among the participants were Robert Jay Lifton, John Kenneth Galbraith, Herbert Scoville, Kosta Tsipis, Carson Mark, and Joseph Rotblat. Among the topics address are Arms Race, Nuclear Weapons, Radioactive Fallout, Atomic Bomb, Survivors, Burn Casualties, Infection, and Communicable Diseases. Robert Jay Lifton (Drawings) (illustrator).…

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