Cresson Henry Kearny, an author, self-styled "gadgeteer," engineer and geologist who was a direct descendant of Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny, died Dec. 18 in Montrose, Colo., 20 days short of his 90th birthday. Kearny (the family pronounces the surname Carny) was arguably the world's top authority on individual nuclear war survival. Nuclear War Survival, his 1979 guide to building shelters, air pumps and dependable fallout radiation meters, has sold more than 600,000 copies. In the foreword, Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb, wrote that the book "can save lives and it will stimulate thought and action which will be crucial in our two main purposes: to preserve freedom and to avoid war.
Introduction - II. What is the nation-state good for? - III. The nation-state and social integration - IV. The staying power of national identity - V. How nation-states destroy morality - VI. Economic globalization vs. the nation-state - VII. The political and military decay of the nation-state - VIII. Conclusion
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While governments and terrorist organizations throughout the world are working on high-tech nuclear devices and delivery systems, information to protect Americans is being delivered by bicycle. Stephen Jones can ride about 60 miles a day, stopping by up to nine police or fire stations. Jones left Martha's Vineyard on September 23, and is headed for San Diego. http://www.mvtimes.com/marthas-vineyard/ article.php?id=7786. Today he is in Kentucky, almost to Arkansas.
... a copy of the essential book Nuclear War Survival Skills; a factory-made Kearny Fallout Meter; a kit...
SALT LAKE CITY and EDGARTOWN, Mass., April 5 /PRNewswire- USNewswire/ -- Most emergency responders in the U.S. are completely unprepared for a nuclear bomb or a "dirty" bomb. They have no suitable instruments, and no training. Stephen Jones, a volunteer one-man army, is on a mission to change this. He is Special Projects Director for Physicians for Civil Defense.
...government Nuclear War Survival Skills manual along with two radiation measuring i...
... in the Middle East as a threat to its survival was made clear in its 1981 bombing of Iraq's newly...
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who often says West Virginians have much in common with the Japanese, sympathizes with that countrys experiences as Japan struggles to overcome the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant crisis. Rockefeller studied in Japan in the 1950s and has visited often. He knows the language. He has many Japanese friends. Only 16 percent of their land is arable land that can be used, Rockefeller said in a Friday telephone interview. The Kobe earthquake (of 1995) was incredibly destructive but didnt seem to stay in the news. This one sank in deeply in the international psyche, the sadness of it. The whole nuclear thing is powerful and fascinating and scary and deeply thought provoking, he said. We have a 50-mile radius (radiation danger zone) for Americans. They...
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) and the Institute for Policy Studies' Robert Alvarez will hold a joint press conference on Tuesday, April 26 on the ongoing impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to public health 25 years after the accident, the continuing nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan, and the lessons from both for U.S. public health and safety. PSR will be unveiling a new online interactive Evacuation Zone Map. PSR doctors will outline how accidents such as Chernobyl and Fukushima pose a threat to the public's health and the real challenges of implementing evacuation plans in the event of an accident, especially near major metropolitan areas. Speakers will cover the latest findings regardi...
... and addressing other threats to global survival. He was named Executive Director of PSR in Februar...
... the Death Star with a Force-guided nuclear missile--a moment in cultural history that helped ... own people." (33) This Darwinian-like survivalist mythology and the larger and longer standing mytho...
(10 years ago) - "Family, friends and D-Day veterans gathered in Bedford by the thousands Monday for the unveiling of a portion of the National D- Day Memorial honoring soldiers who died during the invasion of Nazi- held Europe during World War II.
...- "The Soviet-inspired interest for nuclear war survival information continues unabated in Ro...
.... And, of course, Pakistan possesses nuclear weapons and one of the most powerful armies in Asi... and is indeed responsible for Pakistan's survival as a state. . The overthrow of the regime can neve...
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