Book Details
⚡️Book Title : Nuclear Peace: The Story of the Trident Three
⚡Book Author : John Mayer
⚡Page : 288 pages
⚡Published September 1st 2002 by Vision (first published May 9th 2002)
Nuclear Peace: The Story of the Trident Three - In 1999 three middle-aged women disarmed the Trident Thermonuclear Submarine Fleet on a quiet Scottish Loch. Politicians and campaigners around the world watched their subsequent arrest and trial. The peace campaigners who undertook this direct action took the unprecedented step of suing the British government under international law for crimes against humanity. What emerges is an extraordinary story with the most wide-ranging implications of any act of disarmament since the formation of the anti-nuclear movement. This book is written by the man closest to the Trident Threetheir lawyer. Using the highest laws in the worldthe Nuremberg Principles and the reasoning handed down by the World CourtJohn Mayers argument persuaded independent judiciary that nuclear weapons lie outside the bounds of international law.
Nuclear Peace: The Story of the Trident Three
In 1999 three middle-aged women disarmed the Trident Thermonuclear Submarine Fleet on a quiet Scottish Loch. Politicians and campaigners around the world watched their subsequent arrest and trial. The peace campaigners who undertook this direct action took the unprecedented step of suing the British government under international law for crimes against humanity. What emerges is an extraordinary story with the most wide-ranging implications of any act of disarmament since the formation of the anti-nuclear movement. This book is written by the man closest to the Trident Threetheir lawyer. Using the highest laws in the worldthe Nuremberg Principles and the reasoning handed down by the World CourtJohn Mayers argument persuaded independent judiciary that nuclear weapons lie outside the bounds of international law.
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