Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction: A Tale of Two Hearings
1. From “Highly Unreliable” to “Patriotic and Prompt”: Scientists Confront the National Security State, 1945–1957
2. Linus Pauling’s “Science of Morality”: Challenging Nuclear Weapons, 1950–1963
3. Edward Teller’s Flexible Response: Defending Nuclear Weapons, 1954–1963
4. “Crucified on a Cross of Atoms”: Scientists and the Test Ban Treaty, 1957–1963
5. To “Sail before the Wind of Time”: Scientists and Disarmament after the Test Ban Treaty, 1963–1972
6. The Dilemmas of Herbert York: Opposition in the Mainstream, 1952–1981
7. “An Elaborate Way of Committing National Suicide”: Carl Sagan and Nuclear Winter, 1980–1989
8. “An Emotional Grassroots Offensive”: Scientists, SDI, and the Moral Challenge to Nuclear Weapons, 1980–1991
Conclusion: The Future of Nuclear Weapons
Notes
Index
About the Author
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