The Effects of Nuclear Weapons

Compiled and edited by Samuel Glasstone and Philip J. Dolan, this book is considered one of the most authoritative texts on the effects of nuclear explosions.

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• Title Page
• Preface (2022 Online Edition)
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter I-General Principles of Nuclear Explosions
• Chapter II-Descriptions of Nuclear Explosions
• Chapter III-Air Blast Phenomena in Air and Surface Bursts
• Chapter IV-Air Blast Loading
• Chapter V -Structural Damage from Air Blast
• Chapter VI-Shock Effects of Surface and Subsurface Bursts
• Chapter VII-Thermal Radiation and Its Effects
• Chapter VIII-Initial Nuclear Radiation
• Chapter IX-Residual Nuclear Radiation and Fallout
• Chapter X-Radio and Radar Effects
• Chapter XI-The Electromagnetic Pulse and its Effects
• Chapter XII-Biological Effects
• Glossary
• Guide to SI Units
• Index