Preface - Sverre Lodgaard and Mostafa K Tolba
Foreword - Jayantha Dhanapala
Environmental Hazards of War in an Industrializing World - Arthur H Westing
The Release in War of Dangerous Forces from Nuclear Facilities - Allan S Krass
The Release in War of Dangerous Forces from Chemical Facilities - Jiri Matousek
The Release in War of Dangerous Forces from Hydrological Facilities - Margareta Bergstr[um]om
The Mitigation of Environmental Disruption by War - Jozef Goldblat
Legal Approaches
Towards Preventing the Release of Dangerous Forces - Arthur H Westing

The implications of a major war in an increasingly industrial world would be far-reaching and incalculable. Releasing Dangerous Forces discusses the ramifications and places special emphasis on the fast growing potential for collateral effects: the release of dangerous forces from civil artifacts. The key issues at stake are not only the unprecedented loss of human life but also the threat to basic human life support systems, both economic and environmental, placing the future of all human existence in doubt.