Presscuttings relating to Civil Defence and Nuclear War
International Herald Tribune, The Times, The Washington Post, New Statesman, Nature, The Plain Truth, New Scientist, Independent, Farmers Weekly, Newsletter of the Union of Concerned ScientistsA paper originally presented in preliminary format at a Symposium on the Medical Aspects of Nuclear War in September 1985,
Daugherty, WilliamA paper emphasising the responsibility of community physicians for planning of health services including disaster planning.
J Stuart HornerAn article by Alvin M. Saperstein published in vol.14 no.4 of Bulletin of Peace Proposals, a quarterly journal discussing contemporary international and intergroup affairs and searching for peaceful solutions to conflict situations.
Alvin M. Saperstein, UniversitetsforlagetA paper about experiments analysing the effects of a large-scale nuclear war on the global climate through the use of three dimensional climate models to simulate the effects.
S.L.Thompson, V.V.Alekdandrov, G.L.Stenchikov, S.H.Schneider, C.Covey and R.M.ChervinA paper setting out the long-term biological consequences of nuclear war for the entire planet.
Paul R.Ehrlich, John Harte, Mark A.Harwell, Peter H.Raven, Carl Sagan, George M.Woodwell, Joseph Berry, Edward S.Ayensu, Anne H.Ehrlich, Thomas Eisner, Stephen J.Gould, Herbert D.Grover, Rafael Herrera, Robert M.May, Ernst Mayr, Christopher P.McKay, Harold A. Nooney, Norman Myers, David Pimentel, John M.TealA working paper reflecting a preliminary attempt to assemble accurate data regarding US and USSR strategic forces between 1946 and 1986, including bomber forces, intercontinental ballistic missile forces and submarine-launched ballistic missile forces.
Robert S.Norris, William M.Arkin, Thomas B.CochrainA report by the Home Office Working Party established to consider advice from the Medical Research Council's Committee on Protection Against Ionizing Radiations on Radiation Hazards in Nuclear War.
Home Office Scientific Research & Development BranchPublished correspondence between Councillor Barton, the Chair of the National Steering Committee of Nuclear Free Zone Authorities and the editor of the Journal of the Institute of Civil Defence.
R Barton, Journal of the Institute of Civil DefenceA paper considering whether the partial evacuation of residents is a realistic possibility.
Ethelm HouseArticles and adverts for publications regarding nuclear weapons and nuclear war.
Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsA study by Engineers for Nuclear Disarmament, a group of professional engineers concerned at the devastation a nuclear attack upon Britain would cause.
Engineers for Nuclear DisarmamentA report examining East Sussex County Council's existing arrangements for monitoring for radioactivity.
Large & AssociatesA paper examining the issue of civil preparedness for possible chemical or biological attacks against the backdrop of the controversial status of Civil Defence in the United Kingdom.
Stuart Kemp, South Yorkshire Fire & Civil Defence AuthorityAn article tracing the evolution of smart weapons and identifying the key technical advances which have made the weapons possible.
Dr A.R.Newbery, RAE Farnborough