Crucible of despair: The effects of nuclear war

" The fact is that civil defence, however much is spent upon it, can have only marginal effects on the chances of survival and none at all on the quality of the remnants of society..... These assessments have recently been reaffirmed internationally..... The volte-face is a direct and inevitable consequence of changing the national nuclear posture from one of nuclear deterrence into nuclear war fighting..... this is bolstered by new generations of tactical nuclear weapons and the NATO stance, both of which embody the tacit assumption that ' theater' nuclear wars can be fought and won...... this attempt by Western Governments to lull populations into entirely false views of the most obscene technology in the history of man can quite properly be regarded as a gross, wicked and even insane deception." (quoted from selectively from the front cover)