Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940 - Softcover

Schwartz, Stephen I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815777736 ISBN 13: 9780815777731

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, 1998

Synopsis

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Review:

"Atomic Audit presents an unprecedented complete and authoritative review of the history and high cost of the entire U.S. nuclear weapons program. Included is a provocative, extraordinarily large estimate of casualties from nuclear fallout and a welcome analysis of the adverse consequences of unwarranted nuclear secrecy." --Glenn T. Seaborg, Co-discoverer of plutonium and former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (1961-1971)

"Atomic Audit lays bare the staggering price exacted upon the most technologically proficient of the cold war antagonists. More important, it begins to expose the policy, planning, and operational flaws that undercut both the logic and implementation of deterrence as perceived by its American practitioners." --General Lee Butler, Retired, former Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strategic Command (1991-1994)

From the Back Cover:

Based on four years of extensive research, Atomic Audit is the first book to document the comprehensive costs of U.S. nuclear weapons, assembling for the first time anywhere the actual and estimated expenditures for the program since its creation in 1940. The authors provide a unique perspective on U.S. nuclear policy and nuclear weapons, tracking their development from the Manhattan Project of World War II to the present day and assessing each aspect of the program, including research, development, testing, and production; deployment; command, control, communications, and intelligence; and defensive measures. They also examine the costs of dismantling nuclear weapons, the management and disposal of large quantities of toxic and radioactive wastes left over from their production, compensation for persons harmed by nuclear weapons activities, nuclear secrecy, and the economic implications of nuclear deterrence. Atomic Audit concludes with recommendations for strengthening atomic accountability and fostering greater public understanding of nuclear weapons programs and policies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0815777736
• ISBN 13: 9780815777731
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 735