The Glasstone-Dolan book is considered the primary scientific reference on nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons effects. Listed below are the URLs for the third edition, published in 1977.
https://www.princeton.edu/sgs/publications/articles/effects/effects.shtml
The files for this book were created and graciously provided by the Princeton Program on Science & Global Security.
- Chapter 1: General Principles of Nuclear Explosions
- Chapter 2: Descriptions of Nuclear Explosions
- Chapter 3: Air Blast Phenomena in Air and Surface Bursts
- Chapter 4: Air Blast Loading
- Chapter 5: Structural Damage from Air Blast
- Chapter 6: Shock Effects from Surface and Subsurface Bursts
- Chapter 7: Thermal Radiation and its Effects
- Chapter 8: Initial Nuclear Radiation
- Chapter 9: Residual Nuclear Radiation and Fallout
- Chapter 10: Radio and Radar Effects
- Chapter 11: The Electromagnetic Pulse and its Effects
- Chapter 12: Biological Effects