A Nuclear Winter's Tale: Science and Politics in the 1980s

by Lawrence Badash

The rise and fall of the concept of nuclear winter, played out in research activity, public relations, and Reagan-era politics. The nuclear winter phenomenon burst upon the public's consciousness in 1983. Added to the horror of a nuclear war's immediate effects was the fear that the smoke from fires ignited by the explosions would block the sun, creating an extended "winter" that might kill more people worldwide than the initial nuclear strikes. In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262012723
• ISBN13: 9780262012720
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher