THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Verlag: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, 1962

Beschreibung

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY PAMPHLET 39-3 CONDITION: PAPERBOUND COVER (NO DJ EVER PRINTED ) TAN WITH BLACK LETTERING, SOME AGING,CHIPS AND A FEW DOG EARRED PAGES. PREVIOUS OWNER NAME ON FRONT TOP LEFT COVER. THIS 1962 REVISED ASSESSMENT REPLACED THE EARLIER MAY 1957 PAMPHLET FROM THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMISSION. IT PRESENTS INFORMATION TO BETTER INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE DANGERS OF RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT SO THEY MIGHT MINIMIZE THEIR CONTAMINATION. AS RADIATION FALLOUT TRAVELS BY WIND FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT EVERY LIVING PERSON THAT HAS LIVED IN THE U.S.SINCE 1951 HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO VARYING LEVELS OF RADIATION. AS FALLOUT SETTLES ON PASTURELAND IT ENDS UP IN ANIMALS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS AS WELL AS LIVING ORGANS AND TISSUE. THE U.S. CONDUCTED AROUND 100 NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS BETWEEN 1951-59 AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE ALONE. DURING THIS TIME, PUBLIC INFORMATION WAS MINIMAL. "DUCK AND COVER" STRATEGY WAS PROMOTED AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH DRILLS, FILMS AND RADIO. HYDROGEN BOMB TECHNOLOGY APPEARED IN 1952, HUNDREDS OF TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN BOMBS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI, THE "DUCK AND COVER" METHOD WAS OBSOLETE FROM THE START. FORWARD IS BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ROBERT M MCNAMARA AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, GLENN SEABORG. A "NUCLEAR BOMB EFFECTS COMPUTER " INCLUDED IN ATTACHED SLIPCASE ON BACK INSIDE COVER. 730 PAGES WITH PHOTOS, CHARTS, MAPS,DIAGRAMS INCLUDING INDEX, GLOSSARY AND APPENDIX. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1600418242150

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Verlag: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

Erscheinungsdatum: 1962

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 2nd Edition