A Desperate Passion: An Autobiography - Hardcover

Caldicott, Helen Broinowski

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393039471 ISBN 13: 9780393039474

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1996

Synopsis

A distinguished physician and activist chronicles her life's journey from her youth in Australia, through medical school, to her role as a founding member of the Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament. Tour.

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Review:

Our memories fade quickly. As recently as the 1980s, nuclear war seemed a very real possibility. Nuclear weapons in Germany pointed at the Soviet Union; similar missiles in Russia were aimed at Europe and beyond. The United States spent money on an outer-space shield to ward off attacking missiles. And people protested. Foremost among them was Helen Broinowski Caldicott, the first president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, who led an educated but passionate fight to slow the arms race and prevent worldwide catastrophe. Time has allowed Caldicott a measure of distance to judge her own affairs, and she does so in this book, which examines a loss of her personal life, her recollection of the struggles, and her unleashing of emotions during these "traumatic events."

About the Author:

Helen Caldicott is an internationally recognized antinuclear activist, cofounder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, and founder of the Women’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament and the International Physicians to Save the Environment. She lives in Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0393039471
• ISBN 13: 9780393039474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 366