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This electronic book on CD-ROM contains a full reproduction of the authoritative Department of Defense reference compiled by Samuel Glasstone and Philip Dolan, The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, Third Edition. Contents include: CHAPTER I-General Principles of Nuclear Explosions * Characteristics of Nuclear Explosions * Scientific Basis of Nuclear Explosions * CHAPTER II-Descriptions of Nuclear Explosions * Description of Air and Surface Bursts * Description of High-Altitude Bursts * Description of Underwater Bursts * Description of Underground Bursts * Scientific Aspects of Nuclear Explosion Phenomena * CHAPTER III-Air Blast Phenomena in Air and Surface Bursts * Characteristics of the Blast Wave in Air * Reflection of Blast Wave at a Surface * Modification of Air Blast Phenomena * Technical Aspects of Blast Wave Phenomena * CHAPTER IV-Air Blast Loading * Interaction of Blast Wave with Structures * Interaction of Objects with Air Blast * CHAPTER V -Structural Damage from Air Blast * Factors Affecting Response * Commercial and Administrative Structures * Industrial Structures * Residential Structures * Transportation * Utilities * Miscellaneous Targets * Analysis of Damage from Air Blast * CHAPTER VI-Shock Effects of Surface and Subsurface Bursts * Characteristics of Surface and Shallow Underground Bursts * Deep Underground Bursts * Damage to Structures * Characteristics of Underwater Bursts * Technical Aspects of Surface and Underground Bursts * Technical Aspects of Deep Underground Bursts * Buried Structures * Damage from Ground Shock * Technical Aspects of Underwater Bursts * CHAPTER VII-Thermal Radiation and Its Effects * Radiation from the Fireball * Thermal Radiation Effects * Incendiary Effects * Incendiary Effects in Japan * Technical Aspects of Thermal Radiation * Radiant Exposure-Distance Relationships * CHAPTER VIII-Initial Nuclear Radiation * Nature of Nuclear Radiations * Gamma Rays * Neutrons * Transient-Radiation Effects on Electronics (TREE) * Technical A