Confronting the bomb
Subtitle: a short history of the world nuclear disarmament movement
By: Lawrence S. Wittner.
Series: Stanford nuclear age series; Stanford nuclear age series
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780804756310; 9780804756327
Subjects: Antinuclear movement -- History; Nuclear disarmament -- History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The secret struggle; title: The rise of popular protest, 1945-1953; title: Government response, 1945-1953; title: Movement renaissance, 1954-1958; title: Victories and retreats, 1958-1970; title: A third wave, 1971-1980; title: Peace begins to break out, 1981-1985; title: Disarmament triumphant, 1985-1992; title: Waning movement, reviving arms race, 1993-present.