Nuclear weapons

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.

Nuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan have fought three wars since their creation as sovereign states in 1947.

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

Global power is shifting to Asia.

'Everything about this story is astounding' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times"e;Trinity"e; was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945.

This book provides a rounded biography of Franz (later Sir Francis) Simon, his early life in Germany, his move to Oxford in 1933, and his experimental contributions to low temperature physics approximating absolute zero.

The 1968 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty has proven the most complicated and controversial of all arms control treaties, both in principle and in practice.

Longing for the Bomb traces the unusual story of the first atomic city and the emergence of American nuclear culture.

In Learning to Love the Bomb, Sean M.

In the wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution, relations between states in the Middle East were reconfigured and reassessed overnight.

'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.

'War is the most important thing in the world', writes Martin van Creveld, one of the world's best-known experts on military history and strategy.

Tracing Diefenbaker's deliberations over nuclear policy, McMahon shows that Diefenbaker was politically cautious, not indecisive - he wanted to acquire nuclear weapons and understood from public opinion polls that most Canadians supported this position.

The possibility that Iran will acquire a nuclear weapons capability poses a significant threat to the stability of the Middle East and a potential challenge to the long-term viability of the nuclear non-proliferation regime.

In today's increasingly hostile climate people are anxious about how to keep themselves safe.

Since his election, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has reversed the more moderate and pluralistic policies of his predecessor and projected himself onto the public scene with headline-grabbing speeches regarding Jews and the state of Israel, open defiance of the UN Security Council on the nuclear issue, and an apparent vision of his country becoming the dominant power in the Middle East.

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

In this second volume of his nuclear weapon series, John Clearwater continues to investigate the presence of American nuclear weapons in Canada.

An essential reference for journalists, activists, and students, this book presents scientifically accurate and accessible overviews of 24 of the most important issues in the nuclear realm, including: health effects, nuclear safety and engineering, TMI and Chernobyl, nuclear medicine, food irradiation, transport of nuclear materials, spent fuel, nuclear weapons, global warming.

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

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

The appearance of the crossbow on the European battle field in A.

An original and compelling new analysis of Hiroshima''s place within the global development of Holocaust and World War II memory.

The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history.

An essential reference for journalists, activists, and students, this book presents scientifically accurate and accessible overviews of 24 of the most important issues in the nuclear realm, including: health effects, nuclear safety and engineering, TMI and Chernobyl, nuclear medicine, food irradiation, transport of nuclear materials, spent fuel, nuclear weapons, global warming.

How did Andrei Sakharov, a theoretical physicist and the acknowledged father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, become a human rights activist and the first Russian to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

The US decision to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 remains one of the most controversial events of the twentieth century.

The little-known history of U.

Longing for the Bomb traces the unusual story of the first atomic city and the emergence of American nuclear culture.

The 1968 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty has proven the most complicated and controversial of all arms control treaties, both in principle and in practice.

Political Fallout is the story of one of the first human-driven, truly global environmental crises-radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing during the Cold War-and the international response.

The first detailed Iranian account of the diplomatic struggle between Iran and the international community, The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: A Memoir opens in 2002, as news of Iran's clandestine uranium enrichment and plutonium production facilities emerge.

North Korea remains a puzzle to Americans.

New York Times Bestseller: A “virtually faultless” account of the last weeks of WWII in the Pacific from both Japanese and American perspectives (The New York Times Book Review).

Springing from 50 years'' experience in forensic seismology research, this book charts the development of seismic data analysis.

Why do some American intelligence officials maintain fallout shelters and private contingency plans to evacuate their families in the event of a Russian nuclear strike-even in today's post-Cold War era of U.

The first systematic look at the different strategies that states employ in their pursuit of nuclear weaponsMuch of the work on nuclear proliferation has focused on why states pursue nuclear weapons.

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.

Nuclear Logics examines why some states seek nuclear weapons while others renounce them.

A gripping account of the intense rivalry between Russia and the West, from bestselling author and former diplomat Rodric Braithwaite In 1945, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.

When the Cold War ended, the world let out a collective sigh of relief as the fear of nuclear confrontation between superpowers appeared to vanish overnight.

From the dawn of the atomic age to today, nuclear weapons have been central to the internal dynamics of US alliances in Europe and Asia.

With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings.

Winner of the 2023 AFHF Air Power History Book Prize Emergency War Plan examines the theory and practice of American nuclear deterrence and its evolution during the Cold War.

A recent National Security Strategy report singles out nuclear proliferation as one of the gravest threats to the United States.

The book brings together cutting-edge scholarship from the United States and Europe to address political and cultural responses to the arms race of the 1980s.

In November 1960, bolstered by anti-Communist ideologies, John F.

A narrative history of the nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the Marshall Islands from 1946 to 1958.

A powerful new perspective on nuclear proliferation that counters the widespread fears of a coming cascade of new nuclear powers.