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Proposes an educational campaign that: (1) provides opportunities for citizens to learn about facts and issues relating to nuclear war; (2) stimulates the search for national security policies likely to lead to nuclear war; and (3) generates a political will to initiate social changes that eliminate threats of nuclear war. (CS)

The article presents an essay titled "A nuclear education campaign," on how to eliminate the threat of nuclear war. The authors state that the common person is misinformed and ignorant about the threat of nuclear war, and the nuclear elite, a few hundred people who control the nuclear weapons, propagate nuclear weapons as being important for freedom. They suggest an education campaign that emphasizes human dimension in a nuclear war, comprehensive and multidisciplinary approaches, and an effort to understand all aspects of nuclear disarmament and rearmament. They think that the educational institutes can start the education campaign by developing curricular material showing the negative effects of a nuclear war. The benefits of a nuclear war campaign are also discussed.

Focuses on the role of social sciences in addressing important aspects of the nuclear problem. Function of democratic institutions with respect to nuclear weapons policies; Psychological and social obstacles that weaken citizens' ability to confront and effectively respond to the nuclear threat; Prospects for a successful social reform movement to prevent nuclear war.