In Search of Stability: An Assessment of New U.S. Nuclear Forces

Published by Union of Concerned Scientist, Cambridge, MA, 1986

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ix, [1], 71, [7] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Tables. Chapter notes. Some wear to cover and spine edges. An analysis of U.S. offensive nuclear forces, including the Midgetman ICBM, the Trident II SLBM, the Stealth Bomber, and the sea-launched Cruise Missile. The Union of Concerned Scientists was founded in 1969 by faculty and students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The organization's founding document says it was formed to "initiate a critical and continuing examination of governmental policy in areas where science and technology are of actual or potential significance" and to "devise means for turning research applications away from the present emphasis on military technology toward the solution of pressing environmental and social problems." The organization employs scientists, economists, and engineers engaged in environmental and security issues, as well as executive and support staff. One of the co-founders was physicist and Nobel laureate Dr. Henry Kendall, who served for many years as chairman of the board of UCS. In 1977, the UCS sponsored a "Scientists' Declaration on the Nuclear Arms Race" calling for an end to nuclear weapons tests and deployments in the United States and Soviet Union.[4] In response to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), the UCS sponsored a petition entitled "An Appeal to Ban Space Weapons".…

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Title
In Search of Stability: An Assessment of New U.S. Nuclear Forces
Author
Clausen, Peter, and Krass, Allan, and Zirkle, Robert
Publisher
Union of Concerned Scientist, Cambridge, MA
Publication year
1986
Condition
very good
Binding
Trade paperback
Edition
Presumed First Edition, First printing.
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