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Title: The nuclear future: Political and social considerations

Abstract

This essay speculates about the nuclear future on the basis of the record of past prophecies about the effects of nuclear weapons, the broad relationship between technological development and international politics, the effects of further proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the implications of broad societal trends in the west tending toward the delegitimation of nuclear deterrence.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6941279
Report Number(s):
LA-11279-MS; CNSS/Papers-11
ON: DE88015474
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; POLITICAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL IMPACT; FORECASTING; PROGRESS REPORT; DOCUMENT TYPES; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; WEAPONS; 290200* - Energy Planning & Policy- Economics & Sociology; 290600 - Energy Planning & Policy- Nuclear Energy

Citation Formats

Tucker, R W. The nuclear future: Political and social considerations. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
Tucker, R W. The nuclear future: Political and social considerations. United States.
Tucker, R W. 1988. "The nuclear future: Political and social considerations". United States.
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year = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988},
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