- Author
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U.S. General Accounting Office
- Title
- Nuclear Winter: Uncertainties Surround the Long-Term Effects of Nuclear War.
- Coporate
- U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, DC
- Report
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GAO/NSIAD-86-62,
March 1986,
55 p.
- Keywords
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nuclear winter
- Abstract
- This report examines scientific and policy implications of nuclear winter. It is based on extensive review of relevant literature and detailed discusions with a wide range of scientists, researchers, and policy analysts within and outside of government. It provides an overview of what is known about nuclear winter and of ongoing research addressing areas of scientific uncertainty. It also outlines potential implications for defense strategy, arms control, and foreign policy-making and points out the absence of a consensus on the need for policy changes at this time. We undertook this review because the nuclear winter issue deals with a controversial subject that lends itself to polarized views and misunderstandings.