Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement

by Lawrence S. Wittner

Book Overview

Confronting the Bomb tells the dramatic, inspiring story of how citizen activism helped curb the nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war. This abbreviated version of Lawrence Wittner's award-winning trilogy, The Struggle Against the Bomb, shows how a worldwide, grassroots campaign--the largest social movement of modern times--challenged the nuclear priorities of the great powers and, ultimately, thwarted their nuclear ambitions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804756325
• ISBN13: 9780804756327
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"