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English, Raymond, Ed. – 1985
In these 10 essays, 5 European and 5 American political and religious leaders examine the ethics of possessing and using nuclear weapons. They appraise the policy of nuclear deterrence. Protestant and Catholic viewpoints are represented. There are disagreements on details and differences in emphasis on positions and policies. There is general…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Ethics, Foreign Policy, International Relations
Washburn, Patrick S. – 1988
The Office of Censorship's struggle to keep journalists from revealing the development of the first atomic bomb, the sites where the development was taking place, and the fact that the bomb might be available for use in the war, was desperate and in many ways heroic. Soon after it was created on December 19, 1941, the office issued a voluntary…
Descriptors: Censorship, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Speech, Government Role
Eiss, Harry – 1988
President Reagan's Fiscal Year 1987 budget was an attempt to increase dramatically spending on national defense, on nuclear weapons, while cutting back on social programs. The increases for almost all nuclear weapons indicate the Administration of the United States saw its major responsibility as one of providing a strong military, one centered on…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Allegory, Childrens Literature, Death
Federico, Pat-Anthony; Liggett, Nina L. – 1989
Seventy-five subjects (Naval F-14 and E-2C crew members) were administered computer-based and paper-based tests of threat-parameter knowledge represented as a semantic network in order to determine the relative reliabilities and validities of these two assessment modes. Estimates of internal consistencies, equivalences, and discriminant validities…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Knowledge Level, Military Personnel
Levy, Tedd – 1987
This teacher's guide is designed to accompany the National Issues Forums'"The Superpowers: Nuclear Weapons and National Security." Activities and ideas are provided to challenge students to debate and discuss the United States-Soviet related issues of nuclear weapons and national security. The guide is divided into sections that…
Descriptors: Disarmament, Instructional Materials, International Relations, National Defense
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Moniz, Ernest J.; Neff, Thomas L. – Physics Today, 1978
Discusses concerns of the production of by-products suitable for nuclear weapon production from plutonium breeder nuclear reactions and future uranium supplies. (SL)
Descriptors: Atomic Theory, Energy, Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Warfare
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Harrison, Michael J. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1985
Nuclear arms education is being addressed in many academic disciplines and can be approached from many viewpoints. Rationale, ethical issues, instructional strategies, European views, and course materials are considered. A syllabus and references are also included for a course titled "Physics of Nuclear Arms and Nuclear War." (DH)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
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Varas, Augusto; Bustamante, Fernando – International Social Science Journal, 1983
Increase in research and development (R&D) activity in the industrialized countries has resulted in the expansion of the arms production capacity of the Third World. The transfer of arms production systems is carried out through production under license, subcontracting, and joint production of weapons. Politico-social and economic effects are…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Expenditures
Sternglass, Ernest J.; Bell, Steven – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Presents new evidence to show that nuclear radiation is associated with impaired cognitive functions. Links changing levels of radiation from U.S. nuclear bomb testing to the long decline--and now the beginnings of a rise--in Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. (Author/RW)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Geographic Regions, Graphs, Nuclear Energy
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Peterson, Candida C.; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1990
Examines the effect of gender, sex role orientation, and political orientation on attitudes among 46 male and 62 female first-year university students in Perth, Australia, concerning nuclear weapons. Females were found to be more opposed to their development and use. Discusses practical implications for political behavior. (DM)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Females, Foreign Countries, Males
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Hogan, J. Michael – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1989
Reexamines the American National Conference of Catholic Bishops' 1983 Pastoral Letter on War and Peace. Finds that the pastoral letter functioned rhetorically not to foster but to manage dissent, diffusing a radical Catholic challenge to American defense policy and reclaiming the bishops' authority to define Church teachings on war and peace. (SR)
Descriptors: Catholics, Communication Research, Disarmament, Dissent
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Newman, Denis; And Others – Machine-Mediated Learning, 1989
Describes an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) that demonstrates how intelligent feedback can enhance conventional simulation-based training. An explanation is given of the Intelligent Conduct of Fire Trainer (INCOFT), which was designed to provide training exercises for soldiers operating the PATRIOT missile system, and its implications for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer System Design, Courseware
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Rubin, David M.; Cummings, Constance – Journal of Communication, 1989
Studies how network television news responded to three 1983 news stories on the nuclear threat: (1) the theory of nuclear winter; (2) the fictional film "The Day After"; and (3) discussion by members of the Reagan administration of the possibility of fighting and prevailing in a limited nuclear war. (MS)
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Government Role, Mass Media Role, News Media
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Manoff, Robert Karl – Journal of Communication, 1989
Takes a single television news report and inquires into the strategies that governed the way it made its subject into a story. Suggests how to regard the discourse of television journalism in the nuclear era by attempting to describe the logic governing the creation of meaning. (MS)
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, Journalism
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Moriarty, Pia – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1989
The Nuclear Disarmament Project involving Catholic churches and schools in San Francisco used Freirean codifications, with photographs as codes, to develop discussions on the moral issues of nuclear arms. Group discussions led to concrete action in the cause of peace and social justice. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Catholics, Community Action, Decision Making
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