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  2. Nuclear War Survival Skills - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear War Survival Skills or NWSS, by Cresson Kearny, is a civil defense manual. It contains information gleaned from research performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the Cold War, as well as from Kearny's extensive jungle living and international travels. Nuclear War Survival Skills aims to provide a general audience with advice on ...

  3. Cresson Kearny - Wikipedia

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    During the Vietnam War, Kearny served as a civilian advisor to the U.S. Army, making several trips to the theater of operations. [9] Much of the supporting research that went into his most famous work, Nuclear War Survival Skills (NWSS), was conducted during the 1970s.

  4. List of books about nuclear issues - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe (2004) Nuclear War in the UK (2019) Nuclear War Survival Skills (1979) Nuclear Weapons: The Road to Zero (1998) Nukespeak: Nuclear Language, Visions and Mindset (1982) On Nuclear Terrorism (2007) On Thermonuclear War (1960) Our Friend the Atom (1957) The People of Three Mile Island (1980)

  5. On the Beach (novel) - Wikipedia

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    It does not portray any form of nuclear winter. [13] In the survival manual Nuclear War Survival Skills, Cresson Kearney describes the novel as "pseudoscientific" and "demoralising", arguing that it and similar works perpetuate the myth that any large-scale nuclear war would inevitably wipe out all human life. This myth, argues Kearney, is ...

  6. Kearny fallout meter - Wikipedia

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    It is designed such that someone with a normal mechanical ability would be able to construct it before or during a nuclear attack, using common household items. [ 1 ] The Kearny fallout meter was developed by Cresson Kearny from research performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and published in the civil defense manual Nuclear War Survival ...

  7. Survival Under Atomic Attack - Wikipedia

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    Survival Under Atomic Attack was the title of an official United States government booklet released in 1951 by the Executive Office of the President, the National Security Resources Board (document 130), and the Civil Defense Office. Released at the onset of the Cold War era, the pamphlet was in line with rising fears that the Soviet Union ...

  8. The Survivalist (novel series) - Wikipedia

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    The Survivalist. (novel series) The Survivalist is the generic title of Jerry Ahern 's long-lived series of 29 pulp novels centering around John Rourke, an ex- CIA officer turned weapons and survival expert, in the aftermath of a nuclear war.

  9. Category:Books about nuclear issues - Wikipedia

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    Canada's Deadly Secret. The Cold and the Dark. Command and Control (book) Conservation Fallout. Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power. Critical Masses. The Cult of the Atom.