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A winter of discontent the nuclear freeze and American politics
Title:
A winter of discontent the nuclear freeze and American politics
Author:
Meyer, David S.
ISBN:
9780313391071
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Publication Information:
New York : Praeger, 1990.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 294 p.)
Contents:
FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Nuclear Weapons Protest and Social Movements; 2 Nuclear Weapons and National Security Policy: Continuity and Conflict; 3 Military Spending: How Much Is Too Much?; 4 The Arms Race and Domestic Political Mismanagement; 5 Public Opinion: Volatility and Consistency; 6 The Defection of the Elite; 7 The Public Face of the Nuclear Freeze; 8 The Roots of a Nuclear Disarmament Movement; 9 Defining and Unifying the Nuclear Freeze Movement; 10 A Strategy to Reach the Public
Abstract:
. . . This is essential reading for anyone who wants to make sense of the freeze movement or make nuclear policy more responsive to democratic processes. Pam Solo, Co-director, Institute for Peace and International Security.
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