The Effects of Nuclear Weapons

Compiled and edited by Samuel Glasstone and Philip J. Dolan

Third Edition

Prepared and published by the United States Department of Defense and the United States Department of Energy

The departmental crest of the U.S. Department of Defense circa 1977. It depicts a stylized bald eagle with a shield over its breast and three arrows clutched in its talons. Above the eagle are radiant lines between which are hollow five-pointed stars. Below the eagle is a laurel branch, which curves to form a near-semicircle. Along the outside rim of the crest are the words “United States of America” along the bottom, and “Department of Defense” along the top half of the rim. The departmental crest of the U.S. Department of Energy circa 1977. It has the head of a bald eagle, looking off to the left. Below that is the outline of a shield. A cartoon-style black bolt of lightning stretches from the top right corner of the shield downward to the left. Around this bolt are arranged a symbol of the sun, the atom, an oil derrick, a windmill, and a trubine or generator. Along the outside rim of the crest are the words “United States of America” around the bottom half of the rim, and “Department of Energy” along the top half.

1977