PREFACE
This book was an afterthought. The idea did not occur
until after the phenomenal June 7， 12 and 14 demonstrations
were over and the disappointing and unproductive U.N.
Special Session of Disarmament was about to end. At that
point， I was showing a friend the hundreds of photos I had
taken of citizen demonstrations and diplomatic delegations as
staff photographer for Disarmament Times during the five
weeks of the U.N. Special Session. After looking at my
photos， he said， \"You know， you have the makings of a book
here.\" At first， I didn t think so.
I told my friend that I hadn t shot enough of the right
kind of images for a book， because I had been shooting with
0nly Disarmament Times in mind; and， that a book and a
newspaper have very different requirements. My friend， how-
ever， didn t give up. He convinced me that I would be able to
find other photographers whose work would help supplement
and complement what I had done. In turn， I convinced that
same friend， Doug Lowe， that he should take a leave of ab-
sence from his work with The People s Alliance in North
Carolina and come to New York to help me find the other
photographers and the right publisher.
At this stage of the project we were fortunate enough to
obtain a small grant of seed money from North Carolina s
AMUSE (Artists and Musicians United for a Safe Environ-
ment， Inc.) in order to begin working on the book in earnest.
Soon， we found five professional photographers whose works
matched our project s need. Our good fortune continued as we
obtained writers of the stature we wanted for our Foreword
and Afterword， and as the Institute for Policy Studies in
Washington， D.C. agreed to provide much-needed coopera-
tion and support. Finally， we were fortunate enough to locate
an outstanding publisher of photo books who was interested in
our project.
Then， working together as photo editors， Doug and I un-
dertook the difficult task of choosing from among the
thousands of images we had available to us. Each photo we
selected was chosen for any one of three reasons: (1) its
strength as an artful photographic image; (2) its representation
of the wonderful diversity and activity of all the demonstra-
tions; and， (3) its usefulness in bringing continuity and clarity
to the sequence of events. As a result， each of the photos
presented here has its varying role to play as part of the overall
documentary of the demonstrations on June 7， 12 and 14.
Unfortunately， we have been able to document only a
small part of all that occurred on those three special days， and
virtually nothing of the other events that also happened while
the U.N. was holding its Second Special Session on Disarma-
ment. Had our publishing deadlines and budget permitted， we
might have spent the time and money to find even more photo-
graphers whose images would have provided more complete
documentation--especlally photos of the enormous amount of
planning， organizing， sign painting， costume making and long-
distance traveling that went into each successful demonstration.
But no amount of photos could ever completely document all
that happened on June 7， 12 and 14， let alone some of the
other active days and nights during the U.N. Special Session.
What we present here is a glimpse of three very special
days in June of 1982 when it suddenly became apparent that
the American people， as well as the rest of the world， were
awakening to the insanity of the arms race， awakening to the
nuclear nightmare--and taking action to save humanity. We
hope this book will help to keep the spirit of these days alive.
More importantly， we hope it will serve as a constant reminder
and an impetus to all people， particularly those in power， that
we must devise ways to finally and forever say， as did all the
June 12 demonstrators in Central Park when the 3，000
bomb-shaped balloons were released， \"Good-bye to Nuclear
Weapons.\"
Jennifer Warburg
Durham， North Carolina
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