Gerard C. Smith: A Career in Progress - Couverture rigide

Smith, Gerard C.; Owen, Henry; Smith II, John Thomas

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0819174440 ISBN 13 : 9780819174444

Editeur : University Press of America, 1989

Synopsis

As a 37-year old assistant to an Atomic Energy Commissioner in 1951, at the outset of a public career already spanning four decades, Gerard Smith journeyed to Eniwetok to witness an atmospheric nuclear test. He later characterized the experience as 'having a look at Hell.' He has dedicated his career to the cause of enhancing understanding of the risks posed by nuclear weapons and to seeking practical, non-utopian measures to limit these risks. In this volume an extraordinary group of similarly committed men reflect upon their joint endeavors to foster nuclear understanding and restraint. The contributors are uniformly conscious of the incompleteness of their task but united in their belief that the quest must continue. The historical insights and personal anecdotes that they record bear compelling witness to the intelligence, integrity, moral gravity and steadfastness of Gerard Smith.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gerard C. Smith has been chairman of the Arms Control Association from 1982 to the present. Among his publications are Doubletalk (1980) and Gerard Smith On Arms Control (1987), both of which are available from University Press of America.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of America
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0819174440
• ISBN 13: 9780819174444
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible