Title
The Global Effects of Nuclear Winter: Science and Antinuclear Protest in the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1980s
Publication Date
2014
Document Type
Article
Abstract
During the 1980s, Carl Sagan and other scientists used the theory of nuclear winter to criticize the arms race. Historians have largely dismissed nuclear winter as a political movement. In fact, nuclear winter influenced debate over nuclear weapons in the United States, despite contentious scientific and political arguments. In addition, an analysis of nuclear winter's reception in the Soviet Union reveals that the theory resonated on both sides of the Iron Curtain. The global debate over nuclear winter shows the potency of scientific arguments against nuclear weapons during the Cold War, and demonstrates the complex relationship between science and politics.
Original Citation
Rubinson, P. (2014). The Global Effects of Nuclear Winter: Science and Antinuclear Protest in the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1980s. Cold War History, 14(1), 47-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2012.759560
Identifier
Virtual Commons Citation
Rubinson, Paul (2014). The Global Effects of Nuclear Winter: Science and Antinuclear Protest in the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1980s. In History Faculty Publications. Paper 36.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/history_fac/36