Article ID: CBB001213826

The Global Effects of Nuclear Winter: Science and Antinuclear Protest in the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1980s (2014)

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During the 1980s, Carl Sagan and other scientists used the theory of nuclear winter to criticize the arms race. Historians have largely dismissed nuclear winter as a political movement. In fact, nuclear winter influenced debate over nuclear weapons in the United States, despite contentious scientific and political arguments. In addition, an analysis of nuclear winter's reception in the Soviet Union reveals that the theory resonated on both sides of the Iron Curtain. The global debate over nuclear winter shows the potency of scientific arguments against nuclear weapons during the Cold War, and demonstrates the complex relationship between science and politics.

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Authors & Contributors
Higuchi, Toshihiro
Gordin, Michael D.
Edward Kaplan
Maar, Henry Richard, III
Thomson, Jennifer Christine
Wellerstein, Alex
Concepts
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Cold War
Science and politics
Political activists and activism
Science and war; science and the military
Technology and politics
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.)
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
Institutions
United States National Security Council
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Federation of American Scientists
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
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