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Author:   Ronald C. Kramer
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.399kg
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9781978839335

ISBN 10:   1978839332
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   11 March 2025
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments Foreword by Ray Michalowski Chapter 1 “It is 90 Seconds to Midnight”: Nuclear Weapons, Apocalyptic Harms, and State Crime Chapter 2 Nuclear Warfare is Illegal: International Law and Nuclear Weapons Chapter 3 The Use of the Atomic Bomb Against Japan and the Normalization of a Geopolitical Crime Chapter 4 Crimes of Empire: Cold War Nuclear Threats and the Failure of International Controls Chapter 5 Nuclear Madness, Arms Control Treaties, and the End of the Cold War Chapter 6 After the Cold War: Lost Opportunities for Disarmament, Nuclear Nonproliferation by Force, and the Prague Promise Chapter 7 Current Apocalyptic Threats, The American Empire, and a Pathway to the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons List of Abbreviations Index Foreword: Nuclear Death by Raymond J. Michalowski ix Preface and Acknowledgments xxi List of Abbreviations xxv 1 “It Is 90 Seconds to Midnight”: Nuclear Weapons, Apocalyptic Harms, and State Crime 1 2 Nuclear Warfare Is Illegal: International Law and Nuclear Weapons 23 3 The Use of the Atomic Bomb against Japan and the Normalization of a Geopolitical Crime 51 4 Crimes of Empire: Cold War Nuclear Threats and the Failure of International Controls 83 5 Nuclear Madness, Arms Control Treaties, and the End of the Cold War 109 6 After the Cold War: Lost Opportunities for Disarmament, Nuclear Nonproliferation by Force, and the Prague Promise 139 7 Current Apocalyptic Threats, the American Empire, and a Pathway to the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons 177 Notes 213 Index 000

Reviews

""Kramer brilliantly provides an in-depth, meticulous, and unambiguous critical analysis establishing the immorality and illegality of nuclear weapons and the ominous catastrophic threat they pose to all of humanity and other living species. Apocalyptic Crimes is a timely must-read given the climate crisis, increased geopolitical tensions, wars, conflicts, and ongoing nuclear aspirations. Kramer elegantly demonstrates that the culture of nuclearism must end and atomic weapons should be abolished, dismantled, and destroyed before the Doomsday Clock clicks on midnight."" -- Dawn L. Rothe * coeditor of State Crime: Current Perspectives * ""As one of few criminologists to warn of the threats posed to humanity by nuclear weapons, Kramer has been a prominent and assiduous voice on the importance of this issue within the discipline for over forty years. In this book, he provides a means of historicizing, conceptualizing, analyzing, and—importantly—challenging contemporary geopolitical apocalyptic crimes. Calling on scholars and the public to take seriously the stockpiling of and threats to use nuclear weapons, this book is a wake-up call for criminology to foreground these contemporary problems as key features of the discipline."" -- Ross McGarry * coauthor of A Criminology of War? *

Author Information

RONALD C. KRAMER is a professor of sociology at Western Michigan University. His books include Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes and State-Corporate Crime, both from Rutgers University Press.

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