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    The document discusses the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), an organization formed in London in 1958 that advocated for unilateral nuclear disarmament. It notes the devastating effects of nuclear weapons, including their immense destructive power and the radioactive fallout and genetic deformities they can cause. The document also mentions the environmental damage from nuclear testing and lack of support for victims. It cites the Cuban Missile Crisis as an example of how rational leaders tried to peacefully resolve a crisis due to the appalling consequences of nuclear war.

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    The document discusses the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), an organization formed in London in 1958 that advocated for unilateral nuclear disarmament. It notes the devastating effects of nuclear weapons, including their immense destructive power and the radioactive fallout and genetic deformities they can cause. The document also mentions the environmental damage from nuclear testing and lack of support for victims. It cites the Cuban Missile Crisis as an example of how rational leaders tried to peacefully resolve a crisis due to the appalling consequences of nuclear war.

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    The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

    Transnational Issues

    Issues that are not centred


    around a single nation-state
    Nuclear Weapons

    • Thousands of times
    more powerful than
    conventional weapons
    • Radioactive fallout, or
    ‘black rain’
    • Genetic deformities
    • Environmental
    degradation
    Campaign for Nuclear
    Disarmament

    Wanted unilateral
    nuclear disarmament
    Formed in London,
    in February 1958
    The Environment

    • No protective clothing
    • Damage to native
    ecosystems
    • No compensation for
    victims and veterans
    of the tests in Malden
    and Christmas Island
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    ‘…because the consequences of a nuclear war


    are too appalling, leaders, who are rational
    actors, behave cautiously and work towards
    the peaceful resolution of a crisis.’
    For the Future?

    ‘There is there is nothing


    I want more for my
    family than a world with
    no nuclear weapons, but
    we have to be realistic…’

    Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the UN, 2017


    References

    1. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, http://


    www.cnduk.org/
    2. Reynolds, David. Science, Technology and the Cold War,
    Oxford Handbook of the Cold War. 2013.
    3. Von Eschen, Penny. Locating the Transnational in the Cold
    War, Oxford Handbook of the Cold War. 2013.
    4. Sherwood, Monty. Nuclear Testing in Kiribati: Global,
    Individual, and Environmental Consequences. 2011.
    5. The Guardian. Climate Threat from Nuclear Bombs. Retrieved
    from: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/dec/12/
    nuclearindustry.climatechange

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