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By Bernard Lown. 436 pp., illustrated. San Francisco, Berrett–Koehler, 2008. $35. ISBN 978-1-57675-482-5.

In Prescription for Survival, Bernard Lown tells the remarkable story of how he and Eugene Chazov, cardiologists whose countries were on opposite sides of the Cold War, created and nurtured the organization International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) from its inception in 1980 through its receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985. The writing is crisp and the detail remarkable — Lown takes us through dozens of trips, conferences, and meetings, giving accounts of who said what, noting sources, and explaining how conflicts were resolved. Lown's training as a scientist is evident from his frequent citations . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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