The Effects of Nuclear Weapons (Revised Edition)

xvi, 730 pp. Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer included. CONTENTS: General Principles of Nuclear Explosions; Descriptions of Nuclear Explosions; Air Blast Phenomena; Air Blast Loading and Target Response; Structural Damage from Air Blast; Effects of Surface and Subsurface Bursts; Thermal Radiation and Its Effects; Initial Nuclear Radiation; Residual Nuclear Radiation and Fallout; Radio and Radar Effects; Effects on Personnel; Principles of Protection; Appendix A: Nuclear Weapon Safety and Accident Hazards; Appendix B: Announced Nuclear Detonations; Appendix C: Detection of Nuclear Explosions; Glossary; Index.