The Long Darkness: Psychological and Moral Perspectives on Nuclear Winter (Yale Fastback Series) - Softcover

Carl Sagan; John E. Mack; J. Bryan Hehir; Stephen Jay Gould; Jerome D. Frank; Erik H. Erikson; Henry Steele Commager

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300036647 ISBN 13: 9780300036640

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1986

Synopsis

Examines the impact of a nuclear war on the earth's climate, describes the experiences of Hiroshima survivors, and reexamines the ethics of current nuclear policy

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From Library Journal

Most intelligent, concerned people are well aware that a nuclear war would devastate the planet, possibly exterminate mankind. Physicists, biologists, and other physical scientists have documented this stark reality (e.g., The Cold and the Dark , LJ 9/1/84, and Owen Greene's Nuclear Winter , LJ 9/15/85). In the lead article of The Long Darkness , Carl Sagan chronicles the cosmic and species-wide devastation of nuclear winter. Others, including more dominant anti-nuclearists (Jerome Frank, Robert Lifton, Henry Steele Commager) then lead us into the historical, moral, policy, and psychological perspectives. While some readings are academic in tone, most are rich lodes for informed general readers as well as specialists. Climatic catastrophe is known; this book assesses other fateful perspectives with shivering clarity, underlining the compelling urgency for public-based policy action. Clifton E. Wilson, Political Science Dept., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson
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Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300036647
• ISBN 13: 9780300036640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 217
• Editor: Lester Grinspoon