The Struggle Against the Bomb: Volume Two, Resisting the Bomb: A History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, 1954-1970

by Lawrence S. Wittner

Book Overview

Resisting the Bomb continues the story, begun in the award-winning One World or None, of humanity's efforts to avert nuclear destruction. Beginning with the catastrophic atmospheric nuclear weapons tests of 1954, it describes the gradual development of a grassroots, worldwide movement for nuclear disarmament. By the late 1950's and early 1960's, this campaign had taken on mass dimensions in many nations, with antinuclear protests simultaneously...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804731691
• ISBN13: 9780804731690
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 660 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"