nuclear disarmament

Includes index. Provides a proposal and necessary steps to achieve nuclear disarmament.

"A memoir about Jeff Henigson's teen Starlight Children's Foundation wish after being diagnosed with brain cancer: to meet Mikhail Gorbachev and plea for nuclear disarmament and world peace"--Provided by the publisher.

Provides information about nuclear warfare and weapons which is aimed at helping students determine fact from fiction in relation to the possibility of a nuclear attack on American soil, and discusses how the government tries to prevent such an occurrence.

"With the world's attention focused on climate change and terrorism, we are in danger of taking our eyes off the nuclear threat. But rising tensions between Russia and NATO, proxy wars erupting in Syria and Ukraine, a nuclear-armed Pakistan, and stockpiles of aging weapons unsecured around the globe make a nuclear attack or a terrorist attack on a nuclear facility arguably the biggest threat facing humanity"--Jacket flap.

Gathers significant statements made on this issue by church councils, popes, U.S. bishops and Christian churches.

Explores ways to live and survive in a nuclear age and examines the key areas of public morality, weapons technology, and international policy.

Discusses the history of the post-World War II arms race and the arguments for and against the further development and stockpiling of nuclear weapons.