Nuclear weapons

The last two decades have seen a slow but steady increase in nuclear armed states, and in the seemingly less constrained policy goals of some of the newer "e;rogue"e; states in the international system.

Using newly released documents, the author presents an integrated look at American nuclear policy and diplomacy in crises from the Berlin blockade to Vietnam.

The Nuclear Club reveals how a coalition of powerful and developing states embraced global governance in hopes of a bright and peaceful tomorrow.

The book examines Bernard Brodie's strategic and philosophical response to the nuclear age, embedding his work within the classical theories of Carl von Clausewitz.

Since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks, no state has unleashed nuclear weapons.

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.

In 1960, President Kennedy warned of a dangerous future, rife with nuclear-armed states and a widespread penchant for conflict by the end of the century.

This book explains how and why the nuclear nonproliferation regime has been successful, even without the characteristics usually seen in effective institutions.

Most observers who follow nuclear history agree on one major aspect regarding Israel's famous policy of nuclear ambiguity; mainly that it is an exception.

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

Atomic Steppe tells the untold true story of how the obscure country of Kazakhstan said no to the most powerful weapons in human history.

In this thoughtful social history of New Mexico's nuclear industry, Lucie Genay traces the scientific colonization of the state in the twentieth century from the points of view of the local people.

Continuously in demand since its first, prize-winning edition was published in 1975, this is the classic history of the development of the American atomic bomb, the decision to use it against Japan, and the origins of U.

A thought-provoking analysis of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki-and what might have happened if conventional weapons were used instead.

Atomic Steppe tells the untold true story of how the obscure country of Kazakhstan said no to the most powerful weapons in human history.

For many years historians of the Cuban missile crisis have concentrated on those thirteen days in October 1962 when the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war.

Exploration of the top four mega-dangers facing humankind and plots a hopeful path to dealing with them through global governance.

Leading experts provide a comprehensive examination of global efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation by blocking the illicit supply of key technologies.

The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn't MatterAnd What Does presents a provocative challenge to the conventional wisdom surrounding nuclear weapons and global security.

The most significant challenge to the post-Cold War international order is the growing power of ambitious states opposed to the West.

Climate change, nuclear proliferation, and the threat of a global pandemic have the potential to impact each of our lives.

Highlights the threats posed by nuclear weapons and shows a way to denuclearization through the application of international law.

This book explains how and why the nuclear nonproliferation regime has been successful, even without the characteristics usually seen in effective institutions.

A former Los Alamos weapons designer shares "e;an indispensable guide to the science and strategy of nuclear weapons"e; (Booklist).

A ground-breaking history of this global conflict including the errors and miscalculations made on both sides.

Noch bis in die 1970er-Jahre schien die Frage, wohin mit dem Atommüll, ein zweitrangiges Problem.

Why adopt a poststructural lens for the reading of the military strategy of national missile defence (NMD)?

Dieses Buch bietet eine pragnante Darstellung des 159 Seiten langen und auerst komplexen Iran-Atomabkommens (formell "e;Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action"e; oder JCPOA), einschlielich der rechtlichen Analyse seines Hauptinhalts, der Bedeutung von Prasident Trumps Ausstieg aus dem Abkommen und der Verknupfung des Abkommens mit einer Resolution des US-Sicherheitsrats, die die Weiterfuhrung des Abkommens sichert.

This Commentary offers detailed background and analysis of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was adopted at the UN Headquarters in New York in July 2017.

During the 1980s, popular fear of World War III spurred moviemakers to produce dozens of nuclear threat films.

The history of Pakistan's nuclear program is the history of Pakistan.

The little-known history of U.

For many years historians of the Cuban missile crisis have concentrated on those thirteen days in October 1962 when the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war.

Against the Tide is a leadership book that illustrates how Adm.

At once fascinating and horrific, this book details the conception, development and impact of the atomic bombs infamously dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

This book is a compilation of government reports on weapons of mass destruction.

An examination of the political and diplomatic role of American nuclear weapons in conflicts with a non-nuclear China in the Korean War and the Taiwan Strait crises of 1954-1955 and 1958, this study analyzes the American tendency to become involved in confrontations with far weaker powers over issues of very little strategic significance to the United States.

DOD spends billions of dollars annually to sustain its weapon systems to support current and future operations.

Honorable Mention, Captain Richard Lukaszewicz Memorial Book AwardIn their initial effort to end the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger attempted to lever concessions from Hanoi at the negotiating table with military force and coercive diplomacy.

Confronting the Bomb tells the dramatic, inspiring story of how citizen activism helped curb the nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war.

This series started in 1981 with the Erice Seminars when the danger of a nuclear East-West confrontation was menacing the world.

'The story reaches out and grabs you by the throat' - Dr Clare Wright, historian and author of The Forgotten Rebels of EurekaThe facts are shocking.

This book uses formal models to explore the conditions under which nuclear agreements are credible.

Nuclear Weapons Counterproliferation: A New Grand Bargain proposes a new legal and institutional framework for counterproliferation of nuclear weapons.

Since 1945, the United States has manufactured and deployed more than 70,000 nuclear weapons to deter and if necessary fight a nuclear war.

Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionFinalist for The California Book Award in NonfictionThe San Francisco Chronicle's Best of the Year ListForeign Affairs Best Books of the Year In These Times "e;Best Books of the Year"e;Huffington Post's Ten Excellent December Books List LitHub's "e;Five Books Making News This Week"e;From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, an eyewitness expose of the dangers of America's Top Secret, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that continues to this day.

The main impact of the May 1998 nuclear tests of India and Pakistan was not on the nuclear non-proliferation regime, Peimani asserts, but on the structure of the international system.

In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises.