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Title

Prescription for survival : a doctor's journey to end nuclear madness / Bernard Lown.

Author

Lown, B. (Bernard)

Publication

San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2008.

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Details

Description

xi, 436 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

A BK currents book

Subject

• Cold War
• International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War > History
• Lown, B
• Nuclear disarmament
• Nuclear warfare > Environmental aspects
• Nuclear warfare > Health aspects
• Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States
• United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-423) and index.

Contents

The final epidemic -- Early Russian connections -- The sudden cardiac death task force : US-Soviet collaboration -- The friendship strategy : building trust to sustain life -- "For your six-month-old grandson" -- "You can't trust the Russians" : a fragile alliance in Geneva -- "Doctors of the world, unite!" -- "More sweat, less blood" -- Cambridge, England : the military brass came marching in -- We dominate Soviet TV for one hour -- The Catholic church defends my left flank -- "Pay attention to Gorbachev!" "But who is he?" -- A nuclear game of chicken : Reagan leads the Cold War -- Message for tomorrow : the Third Congress, Amsterdam -- Brinkmanship : KAL Flight 007 shot down -- Andropov's message in a time of crisis -- The year without a summer : nuclear winter -- "No arsonist will be invited!" -- Endless daylight in Helsinki -- Mothers fight back -- "No peace without justice" -- Gorbachev challenges the nuclear status quo -- The medical prescription : no trust required -- The Nobel prize : my mother expected it -- A space traveler's puzzle -- Cooperation, not confrontation : a long conversation with Gorbachev.

ISBN

• 9781576754825 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1576754820 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008012102

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library