In Nuclear Weapons and the Environment, John Perry highlights the grave risks associated with the continued proliferation of nuclear weapons, pointing not just to the dangers to human life but to the severe environmental damage caused by nuclear device testing.

John Perry is independent scholar.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Introduction to Book on Non-Proliferation

Chapter Two: Historical Background

Chapter Three: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Chapter Four: The Risk of a Regional Nuclear War between India and Pakistan

Chapter Five: The Environmental and Human Cost of Producing Nuclear Weapons

Chapter Six: Chernobyl: The World's Worst Nuclear Accident

Chapter Seven: The Greatest Industrial Accident in History: Fukushima Daiichi

Chapter Eight: The Greatest Deproliferation of Nuclear Weapons in the Postwar Period

Chapter Nine: Nuclear Proliferation through Theft, Terrorism or Neglect

Chapter Ten: Nuclear Weapons Testing: Inflicting the Conditions of Nuclear War on Fragile Environments

Chapter Eleven: Pakistan: The Biggest and Most Important Exporter of Nuclear Technology in the History of the Nuclear Age

Chapter Twelve: The Ultimate Weapon as the Ultimate Guarantee of Regime Survival: North Korea and the Bomb