World in Chains : ISBN number:978-1-910021-03-3

Editor:Angie Zelter

Publisher: Luath Press

Format: Paperback

Price £12.99

World in Chains

The Impact of Nuclear Weapons and Militarisation from a UK Perspective

World in Chains (published June 2014) is a book of essays that question the integrity of a society that accepts nuclear deterrents as valid forms of defence: It focuses on a lack of respect for international humanitarian law and the integrity of a society able to act compassionately in the wider public interest; awakens the UK to a need of a government that will work on a global ban for nuclear weapons; and criticises the militaristic mind-set that is currently dominating most societies as the cause of many catastrophic world problems.

The book is edited by Angie Zelter, and the essays cover a variety of topics:

• Chances for Peace in the Second Decade – What is Going Wrong and What We Must Do, by Professor Paul Rogers;
• The Climatic and Humanitarian Impacts of the Use of the UK’s Nuclear Weapons, by Dr Philip Webber;
• Why Climate Change and Nuclear Disarmament Talks Must be Linked, by Kevin Lister;
• Finance, War and Conflict, by Mary Mellor;
• Swords and Ploughshares: Industrial Agriculture as Warfare and the Need for a Paradigm Shift, by Helena Paul;
• Who profits from the Atomic Weapons Establishment?, by Tom Anderson;
• Arms companies, Nuclear Weaponry and the Military, by Kaye Stearman;
• Nuclear Weapons and Militarisation in the UK, by Owen Everett;
• Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Human Debris of the West’s War Machine, by Dr Trevor Trueman;
• The Use of Radioactive Material in War, by Joanne Baker;
• Civil Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation, by Pete Roche;
• A Vast Endless Experiment – Military Radioactive Pollution, by John Laforge;
• Of Sledgehammers and Nuts: Counter-Terrorism and Anti-Nuclear Protest, by Siân Jones;
• Women, Men and Nuclear Weapons, by Cynthia Cockburn;
• Linking US Military Empire and UK Nuclear Weapons, by Bruce Gagnon;
• ‘The Future of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Deterrent’: An Ethical Critique, by Professor John Hull;
• Banning Nuclear Weapons: necessary and achievable (in our lifetimes), by Dr Rebecca Johnson; and
• Drones, Cyberwarfare and Democracy – Paul Mobbs

How and where to get your copy.

World in Chains by Angie Zelter is available from bookshops or directly from Luath Press and also directly from Angie as a fundraiser for Action AWE. If you’d like to order World in Chains from Angie email or write via our Contacts page, here! indicating how many copies you’d like and if you’d prefer to send a cheque, pay by bank transfer or use Paypal.

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World in chains launch events are being held in Oxford and London in November 2014.

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