A nuclear winter's tale : science and politics in the 1980s / Lawrence Badash.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Background -- 1. Nuclear Peril -- 2. Scientific Disciplines in Isolation, 1: Those with Obvious Connections to Nuclear War -- 3. Scientific Disciplines in Isolation, 2: Those with less Obvious Connections to Nuclear War -- II. Science, Politics, and Carl Sagan: Through 1983 -- 4. The Origin of Nuclear Winter -- 5. Publicity -- 6. Concern about the Good Name of Science - and with Getting the Message Across -- 7. Politics and the Arms Race -- 8. Policy and the Arms Race -- III. A Cold Day in Hell: Activities and Antagonisms, 1984-85 -- 9. More Publicity -- 10. Inside the Beltway, 1984 -- 11. Bureaucracy and Bickering -- 12. Inside the Beltway, 1985 -- 13. A Frenzy of Research -- 14. Report after Report -- 15. Looking at Moscow -- 16. Strategic Analyses -- 17. More Policy Questions -- 18. Other Voices, and Some Echoes -- IV. Smoldering Issues: 1986 and Afterward -- 19. Scientific Progress and Controversy -- 20. Politics and Policy -- 21. Evaluation.