No More War!
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Review copy slip laid in.
At the height of the Cold War, when nuclear anxieties gripped the world, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Linus Pauling issued one of the most urgent and scientifically grounded peace manifestos of the twentieth century. No More War! presents a devastating case against nuclear weapons testing, chronicling the catastrophic biological and environmental consequences of radioactive fallout with the precision of a world-class scientist and the moral conviction of a committed humanist. Pauling details the insidious dangers posed by bomb tests — dangers that governments were actively concealing from their populations — and argues with unflinching clarity that the continuation of such tests represented nothing less than a crime against humanity. Pauling's work stands as a landmark text at the intersection of science and political conscience, illustrating how expert knowledge carries a profound moral obligation to speak truth to power. Endorsed by Bertrand Russell himself as a book that should be read by all who wish the human race to survive, it remains a searing indictment of nuclear proliferation and a testament to the power of one scientist's voice to challenge the machinery of war. In an age where the spectre of weapons of mass destruction has never fully receded, Pauling's warnings resonate with a chilling and enduring relevance.
Author: Linus Pauling
Format: Hardback
Published: 1958, Victor Gollancz
Genre: Politics & law
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Review copy slip laid in.
At the height of the Cold War, when nuclear anxieties gripped the world, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Linus Pauling issued one of the most urgent and scientifically grounded peace manifestos of the twentieth century. No More War! presents a devastating case against nuclear weapons testing, chronicling the catastrophic biological and environmental consequences of radioactive fallout with the precision of a world-class scientist and the moral conviction of a committed humanist. Pauling details the insidious dangers posed by bomb tests — dangers that governments were actively concealing from their populations — and argues with unflinching clarity that the continuation of such tests represented nothing less than a crime against humanity. Pauling's work stands as a landmark text at the intersection of science and political conscience, illustrating how expert knowledge carries a profound moral obligation to speak truth to power. Endorsed by Bertrand Russell himself as a book that should be read by all who wish the human race to survive, it remains a searing indictment of nuclear proliferation and a testament to the power of one scientist's voice to challenge the machinery of war. In an age where the spectre of weapons of mass destruction has never fully receded, Pauling's warnings resonate with a chilling and enduring relevance.