Tag: Antinuclear

Free Download Agnes Heller, "Doomsday or Deterrence?: On the Antinuclear Issue"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 1138652245 | EPUB | pages: 162 | 0.3 mb
Doomsday or Deterrence? argues against the majority of premises and conclusions of the antinuclear argument as existed in 1986 when this study was first published. Fehér and Heller’s study claims that social changes are important to curb technology trends that lean toward the construction of nuclear weapons, as well as using the ‘West’ as its own value that needs to be defended and emphasising the importance of understanding the true feelings behind the antinuclear argument. This title will be of interest to students of politics and international relations.

Free Download Tomasz Borewicz, "The Chernobyl Effect: Antinuclear Protests and the Molding of Polish Democracy, 1986-1990 "
English | ISBN: 1800736193 | 2022 | 228 pages | PDF | 38 MB
The 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe was not only a human and ecological disaster, but also a political-ideological one, severely discrediting Soviet governance and galvanizing dissidents in the Eastern Bloc. In the case of Poland, what began as isolated protests against the Soviet nuclear site grew to encompass domestic nuclear projects in general, and in the process spread across the country and attracted new segments of society. This innovative study, combining scholarly analysis with oral histories and other accounts from participants, traces the growth and development of the Polish anti-nuclear movement, showing how it exemplified the broader generational and cultural changes in the nation’s opposition movements during the waning days of the state socialist era.