The collected works of Eugene Paul Wigner. Part B: Historical, philosophical and socio-political papers. Vol. VIII: Socio-political reflections and civil defense. Edited by Jagdish Mehra. With annotations by Conrad Chester (Q4940630)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1410198
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5 March 2000
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civil defense
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ballistic missile defense
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0.6466317176818848
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The collected works of Eugene Paul Wigner. Part B: Historical, philosophical and socio-political papers. Vol. VIII: Socio-political reflections and civil defense. Edited by Jagdish Mehra. With annotations by Conrad Chester (English)
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[For the other parts of \textit{E. P. Wigner}'s Collected Works, see Zbl 0862.01040, Zbl 0837.01036 and Zbl 0814.01019.] Almost all of this is on civil defense, what kind: shelter or flee, how enemies will respond, what enemies are doing. One article is mathematical (pp. 205-222) and its key assumption has been made obsolete with recent developments. The articles are grouped by and theme: technology 1960-1964; Mutually Assured Destruction 1964-1969; Soviet evacuation plans 1969-1976; response of the USA 1976-1979; and recapitulation 1979-1983. The focus is on blast shelter systems versus evacuation; the immorality of MAD; ballistic missile defense (with mathematics); civil defense in general. Most articles are very short, and come from a very wide range of sources. There is no index.
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