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Author Lown, B. (Bernard)

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

Publication Info. San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2008]
©2008

Item Status

Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xi, 436 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series A BK currents book
BK currents book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Summary Tells the story of how a group of Soviet and American doctors came together to stop nuclear proliferation and ended up winning the Nobel Peace Prize and influencing the course of history. This book also sheds light on what really drove and still drives the nuclear arms race, and the importance of citizen involvement in social change efforts.
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Subject International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War -- History.
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
History.
Lown, B. (Bernard)
Lown, Bernard.
Lown, B. (Bernard)
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
Cold War (1945-1989)
Nuclear warfare -- Health aspects.
Nuclear warfare -- Health aspects.
Nuclear warfare -- Environmental aspects.
Nuclear warfare -- Environmental aspects.
Nuclear disarmament.
Nuclear disarmament.
Cold War.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
United States.
International relations.
Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Nuclear Warfare -- history.
History, 20th Century.
USSR.
United States.
Chronological Term 1945-1989
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Lown, B. (Bernard). Prescription for survival. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©2008 9781576754825 1576754820 (DLC) 2008012102 (OCoLC)214934489
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