Chapter 20 Web links

Weapons of Mass Destruction

http://www.cdc.gov Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The Center provides information on diseases.

http://www.ucsusa.org Union of Concerned Scientists. Established in 1969, this is an independent non-profit alliance of more than 100,000 citizens and scientists concerned by the misuse of science and technology in society.

https://www.nps.edu/web/ccc   Center for Contemporary Conflict. Launched in 2001, the CCC conducts research on current and emerging security issues and conveys its findings to US and Allied policy-makers and military forces.

http://nuclearweaponarchive.org Nuclear Weapons Archive. The purpose of this archive is to illuminate the reader regarding the effects of these destructive devices, and to warn against their use.

http://cns.miis.edu Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies. The Center strives to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by training the next generation of non-proliferation specialists and disseminating timely information and analysis.

http://www.fas.org/index.html Federation of American Scientists. Formed in 1945 by atomic scientists from the Manhattan Project, the FAS conducts research and provides education on nuclear arms control and global security; conventional arms transfers; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; information technology for human health; and government information policy. 

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