Prescription for survival
Subtitle: a doctor's journey to end nuclear madness
By: Bernard Lown.
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781576754825
Subjects: Lown, B; International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War -- History; Nuclear warfare -- Health aspects; Nuclear warfare -- Environmental aspects; Nuclear disarmament; Cold War; United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The final epidemic; title: Early Russian connections; title: The sudden cardiac death task force : US-Soviet collaboration; title: The friendship strategy : building trust to sustain life; title: "For your six-month-old grandson"; title: "You can't trust the Russians" : a fragile alliance in Geneva; title: "Doctors of the world, unite!"; title: "More sweat, less blood"; title: Cambridge, England : the military brass came marching in; title: We dominate Soviet TV for one hour; title: The Catholic church defends my left flank; title: "Pay attention to Gorbachev!" "But who is he?"; title: A nuclear game of chicken : Reagan leads the Cold War; title: Message for tomorrow : the Third Congress, Amsterdam; title: Brinkmanship : KAL Flight 007 shot down; title: Andropov's message in a time of crisis; title: The year without a summer : nuclear winter; title: "No arsonist will be invited!"; title: Endless daylight in Helsinki; title: Mothers fight back; title: "No peace without justice"; title: Gorbachev challenges the nuclear status quo; title: The medical prescription : no trust required; title: The Nobel prize : my mother expected it; title: A space traveler's puzzle; title: Cooperation, not confrontation : a long conversation with Gorbachev.