The Ultimate Evil
The Fight to Ban Nuclear Weapons
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1997
- Category
- Peace, Nuclear Warfare
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550285901
- Publish Date
- Jan 1997
- List Price
- $34.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550285895
- Publish Date
- Jan 1997
- List Price
- $19.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552773840
- Publish Date
- Sep 2010
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
More than half a century after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a new effort is being made to persuade the nations of the world to rid themselves of nuclear weapons.
This book presents the case for a worldwide ban on nuclear weapons. Demystifying the jargon surrounding the subject of nuclear disarmament, the book explains the political, strategic, economic, and legal reasons for many nations' involvement with nuclear weapons, and sets out the ethical and political reasons for banning them.
The Ultimate Evil: The Fight to Ban Nuclear Weapons describes the key events of the disarmament campaign and shows how the goal of disarmament can be reached.
About the author
DOUGLAS ROCHE was Canada's Ambassador for Disarmament to the UN from 1984 to 1989, serving as Chairman of the UN Disarmament Committee in 1988. He is an author, parliamentarian, and diplomat, who has specialized throughout his forty-year public career in peace and human security issues. He lectures widely on peace and nuclear disarmament themes. Roche is the author of twenty-one books, including How We Stopped Loving The Bomb and The Human Right to Peace. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada. He lives in Edmonton.
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