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Title: The nuclear future: Political and social considerations

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6941279

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.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
6941279
Report Number(s):
LA-11279-MS; CNSS/Papers-11; ON: DE88015474
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English