Protest and Survive : Stop Nuclear War

Contents A note from the publisher. Introduction call to mutiny Daniel Ellsberg. I. 1. E.P. Thompson a letter to America. II. Armaments and armorers 2. Dan Smith the European nuclear theater. 2. David Holloway war militarism and the Soviet State. 4. Emma Rothschild the American arms boom. 5. George Kistiakowsky the arms race and Nuclear War an interview. 6. Jonathan A. Leonard danger Nuclear War. 7. Henry T. Nash the bureaucratization of Homicide. III. Disarmament and peace 8. Appeal for European nuclear disarmament. 9. W.H. Ferry by what right. 10. Mary Kaldor disarmament the armament process in reverse. 11. Ken Coates European nuclear disarmament. Notes on contributors. Originally published in 1981 Protest and Survive presents a broad spectrum of opinion and information on the dangers inherent in U.S. Military and foreign policy and the nuclear confrontation between Washington and Moscow that threatened the entire globe. Decades later its words are just as relevant. The United States continues to wield a massive nuclear arsenal and use it to advance a strategy of global imperialism. First strike policies tactical nuclear weapons and pre emptive war are becoming increasingly central to the expansion of U.S. Empire thus putting the security of all humanity at risk. More than a historical document Protest and Survive helps us better understand the dangers of long term U.S. nuclear strategy and reminds us that it is a strategy we can resist. 216 pp.…