Prescription for survival : a doctor's journey to end nuclear madness, Bernard Lown

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Prescription for survival : a doctor's journey to end nuclear madness, Bernard Lown

Link

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0805/2008012102.html

Title remainder

a doctor's journey to end nuclear madness

Statement of responsibility

Bernard Lown

Instantiates

• Prescription for survival : a doctor's journey to end nuclear madness

Publication

• San Francisco, CA, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2008

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-423) and index

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

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

Dimensions

25 cm.

Edition

First edition

Extent

xi, 436 pages

Isbn

9781576754825

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(hardcover : alk. paper)

Lccn

2008012102

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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illustrations

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1588286

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• (OCoLC)214934489
• (OCoLC)214934489