 In
this issue
No.
97 March 1981
LettersUpdate
TO
BE OR NOT TO BE
Dexter Tiranti reports on why we are so close to the brink.
Nuclear
Arsenals - The Facts
Protest
and Survive
With the powder keg ready to ignite, Edward Thompson's already famous
essay is an appeal to reason.
The Numbers
Game
Military propaganda, fed through the national press, cries how weak
we are. Sandy Merritt shows how statistics can be made to lie.
Picture
This
The results of a nuclear explosion on an average city.
Less Arms,
More Wars
A deliberately contentious piece by Lawrence Freedman argues that
thoughtless disarmament can increase the dangers of war.
Clouds
over the Pacific
Bob Hawkins reports on the nuclear tests which have showered
the region with radioactive dust.
Australia
picks up the pieces
The legacy of atomic testing in the deserts of South
Australia.
Oops!
A
guide to the occasions when the world has come close to the brink -
by
accident and by design.
Defence
at a Price
President Reagan's increased defence spending
threatens to cripple an already limping
American economy.
Mark Gerzon explains.
'Our country
is behind, we're losing ground'
Talking to two of the professionals
who design US military hardware,
on 'Technology
Row',
Boston, Massachusetts.
Attacking
the war machine
Bruce Kent argues for our contribution
to peace.
Worth
Reading on... THE ARMS RACE
ACTION..
Your peace movement needs you!
War and
Peace: Spot the quote
Reviews:
New books and a classicCountry
profile: SenegalCover
photograph: Camera Press
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