Nuclear weapons

In Japan, hibakusha means the people affected by the explosion specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945.

In Japan, hibakusha means the people affected by the explosion specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945.

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The Official U.

The main focus of this book is on the contribution of Welsh scientists, engineers and facilities in Wales to the British nuclear programme - especially the military programme - from the Second World War through to the present day.

The main focus of this book is on the contribution of Welsh scientists, engineers and facilities in Wales to the British nuclear programme - especially the military programme - from the Second World War through to the present day.

**A Guardian Best Science and Nature Book of 2025**From the award-winning science writer, a new history of the development of nuclear power and the extraordinary minds behind itHenry Becquerel s accidental discovery, in Paris in 1896, of a faint smudge on a photographic plate sparked a chain of discoveries which would unleash the atomic age.

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2020ONE OF VANITY FAIR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020New York Times bestselling author Lesley Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of the greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century the true effects of the atom bomb potentially saving millions of lives.

Get the Summary of Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War in 20 minutes.

This book of selections from the distinguished journal International Security speaks to the most important question of our age: the deterrence of nuclear war.

Part I discusses the creation of the Commissariat a I'Energie Atomique and outlines its structure and function.

Get the Summary of Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War in 20 minutes.

A newly discovered firsthand account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath from one of the survivors a lost classic that brings unprecedented immediacy to our understanding of this world-changing event.

With sweeping changes in the Soviet Union and East Europe having shaken core assumptions of U.

Will AI make accidental nuclear war more likely?

Will AI make accidental nuclear war more likely?

For a state that has gained a global reputation as a violator of international norms, not least through its unwavering pursuit of nuclear weapons, North Korea's determination to become a nuclear-armed state is puzzling.

For a state that has gained a global reputation as a violator of international norms, not least through its unwavering pursuit of nuclear weapons, North Korea's determination to become a nuclear-armed state is puzzling.

For thirteen days in October 1962, America stood at the brink of nuclear war.

Der Atomschutzbunker erzählt die Geschichte der Schweiz: von einbetoniertem Wissen, Macht und einem Raum, der vom Kalten Krieg bis heute nachhallt.

For thirteen days in October 1962, America stood at the brink of nuclear war.

More than seventy years ago, American forces exploded the first atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing great physical and human destruction.

In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J.

In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J.

More than seventy years ago, American forces exploded the first atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing great physical and human destruction.

In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J.

A warning to humankind from one of the world s greatest physicists'What drives these pages is the guilty conscience of my profession, theoretical physics.

A remarkable account of the terrible climax of the Second World War in AsiaA Telegraph Book of the Year 2025 'A short but quietly devastating book, in which Overy adds new perspectives to a subject that has often been approached from a narrowly American angle.

Named a 2024 Southwest Book of the Year On July 16, 1945, just weeks before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that brought about the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, the United States unleashed the worlds first atomic bomb at the Trinity testing site located in the remote Tularosa Valley in south-central New Mexico.

FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 'Monumental and highly readable.

'Few historians write with Serhii Plokhy s authority, clarity or global vision.

Human experience with nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) warfare has been limited, especially in comparison to conventional forms of warfare.

Human experience with nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) warfare has been limited, especially in comparison to conventional forms of warfare.

Global power is shifting to Asia.

Turkey, with a robust modern economy and growing energy needs, is pursuing a switch to nuclear power.

Turkey, with a robust modern economy and growing energy needs, is pursuing a switch to nuclear power.

Addressing an increasingly complex array of nuclear weapons challenges in the future will require talented young people with the necessary technical and policy expertise to contribute to sound decisionmaking on nuclear issues over time.

The Project on Nuclear Issues 2013 conference series included events at Northrop Grumman in May, Sandia National Laboratory in July, and CSIS in December, before concluding with a Capstone Conference at Offutt Air Force Base, home of the U.

Sean Maloney reveals how Vladimir Putin has aggressively leveraged nuclear signaling to manipulate NATO and deter Western intervention in Ukraine.

Sean Maloney reveals how Vladimir Putin has aggressively leveraged nuclear signaling to manipulate NATO and deter Western intervention in Ukraine.

The United States continues to maintain a large nuclear arsenal guided by a deterrence strategy little changed since the collapse of the Warsaw Pact.

Since the beginning of the crisis precipitated by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the threat posed by Iraq's arsenal of ballistic missiles has been the focus of international attention.

In numerous crises after World War II Berlin, Korea, the Taiwan Straits, and the Middle East the United States resorted to vague threats to use nuclear weapons in order to deter Soviet or Chinese military action.

Global power is shifting to Asia.

Almost from the moment in 1940 that Otto Frisch and Rudofl Peierls suggested, from their small office in the University of Birmingham, that an atomic weapon could be miniaturized and delivered to its target by aircraft, the concept of atomic espionage can be said to have existed.

For some observers, nuclear arms control is either a relic of the cold war, or a utopian dream about a denuclearized planet decades in the future.

For some observers, nuclear arms control is either a relic of the cold war, or a utopian dream about a denuclearized planet decades in the future.

One of the key concerns of naval strategists and planners today is the nature of the Chinese geostrategic challenge.

Whether one is interested in learning about anthrax, sarin, the neutron bomb-or any other weapon of mass destruction-this thorough and detailed reference is the place to find answers.

A powerful post-nuclear holocaust novel described by the author as, 'my cry against the monstrous weapons men have made'.