Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe

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Copyright © 2013 by Noam Chomsky and Laray Polk

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Chomsky, Noam.

Nuclear war and environmental catastrophe / Noam Chomsky and Laray Polk. — 1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-60980-454-1 (pbk.)

1. Nuclear warfare—Environmental aspects. 2. Environmental disasters. I. Polk, Laray. II. Title.

QH545.N83C56 2013

363.325’5—dc23

2012046137

Printed in the United States

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