Survival
The most optimistic predictions of the effects of a major nuclear exchange predict millions of deaths within a short period of time. More pessimistic predictions argue that a full-scale nuclear war could potentially bring about the extinction of the human race. Nonetheless, a number of Cold War publications advocate preparations that can allegedly be taken in order to allow the majority of civilians to survive even a total nuclear war. Among the most famous of these is the aptly named Nuclear War Survival Skills.
Read more about this topic: Nuclear Warfare
Famous quotes containing the word survival:
“...I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and to share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigating pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk through the rain.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
“It is almost as if you were frantically constructing another world while the world that you live in dissolves beneath your feet, and that your survival depends on completing this construction at least one second before the old habitation collapses.”
—Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)
“... survival is the least of my desires.”
—Dorothy Allison (b. 1949)