Nuclear weapons

The little boy did not cry or speak.

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.

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.

A history of weapons of mass destruction from the First World War to the Gulf War - and beyond.

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

Winning Armageddon provides definition to an all-too-long misunderstood figure of the Cold War, General Curtis E.

In the Fall of 1949, a series of international events shattered the notion that the United States would return to its traditional small peacetime military posture following World War II.

The failure of six countries to reach an agreement in the Six-Party Talks on Korea has shown the futility of negotiations to denuclearize North Korea.

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.

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.

For better or worse, Navy captain William S.

In the wake of California's energy crisis, policymakers' rush to satisfy growing demand requirements may run the risk of naively ignoring the larger issues and dangers associated with increased reliance on nuclear power.

In Learning to Love the Bomb, Sean M.

While the world’s attention is focused on the nuclearization of North Korea and Iran and the nuclear brinkmanship between India and Pakistan, China is believed to have doubled the size of its nuclear arsenal, making it “the forgotten nuclear power,” as described in Foreign Affairs.

While the world’s attention is focused on the nuclearization of North Korea and Iran and the nuclear brinkmanship between India and Pakistan, China is believed to have doubled the size of its nuclear arsenal, making it “the forgotten nuclear power,” as described in Foreign Affairs.

The shadow war between Israel and Iran has been raging for more than three decades, ever since the Iranian revolution of 1979 ushered in a fundamentalist regime whose sworn enemies have consistently included, first and foremost, Israel and the United States.

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.

This edited collection considers the future of nuclear weapons in world politics in terms of security issues that are important for U.

The military are a brave people.

Think of this ebook as an eye opener that discusses the huge problems that man caused.

'A powerful, beautiful book.

An in-depth account of Great Britain's atomic testing efforts in South Australia in the 1950s and '60s, and its effects.

An in-depth account of Great Britain's atomic testing efforts in South Australia in the 1950s and '60s, and its effects.

North Korea remains a puzzle to Americans.

About ReflectionsReflections is a memoir of the Vietnam War.

Winner of 1954 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction.

North Korea remains a puzzle to Americans.

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.

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

The definitive guide to the history of nuclear arms control by a wise eavesdropper and masterful storyteller, Michael Krepon.

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.

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

This Atom Bomb in Me traces what it felt like to grow up suffused with American nuclear culture in and around the atomic city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

In the late 1940s, the U.

Samuel S.

Through a reliance on nuclear weapons, President Eisenhower hoped to provide a defense strategy that would allow the U.

From the early 1950s until 1992, the U.

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

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

A fully illustrated study of the extraordinarily successful early-generation jet, the F2H Banshee, a frontline aircraft that served with 27 US Navy and US Marine Corps squadrons and three Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) squadrons.

A fully illustrated study of the extraordinarily successful early-generation jet, the F2H Banshee, a frontline aircraft that served with 27 US Navy and US Marine Corps squadrons and three Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) squadrons.

Covering the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War, the origins and early course of the Cold War, and the advent of the hydrogen bomb in the early 1950s, Churchill and the Bomb in War and Cold War explores a still neglected aspect of Winston Churchill's career his relationship with and thinking on nuclear weapons.

Covering the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War, the origins and early course of the Cold War, and the advent of the hydrogen bomb in the early 1950s, Churchill and the Bomb in War and Cold War explores a still neglected aspect of Winston Churchill's career his relationship with and thinking on nuclear weapons.

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

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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.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WA PREMIER'S BOOK AWARDS - BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARGARET MEDCALF AWARD 2024'I remember seeing a flash, I turned around and heard a roar like a train approaching in a tunnel.

The full story of Britain's nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s has only recently begun to emerge.

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