Nuclear weapons

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

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.

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.

In the towering mountains of northern India, a chilling chapter was written in the history of international espionage.

After the first use of nuclear weapons in 1945, Albert Einstein warned that 'we thus drift towards unparalleled catastrophe'.

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

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.

For decades, the reigning scholarly wisdom about nuclear weapons policy has been that the United States only needs the ability to absorb an enemy nuclear attack and still be able to respond with a devastating counterattack.

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.

The Iranian nuclear crisis has dominated world politics since the beginning of the century, with the country now facing increasing diplomatic isolation, talk of military strikes against its nuclear facilities and a disastrous Middle East war.

This book explains the origin and historical development of North Korean nuclear weapon dated from the aftermath of World War II.

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

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

The classic and “utterly engrossing” study of Stalin’s pursuit of a nuclear bomb during the Cold War by the renowned political scientist and historian (Foreign Affairs).

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

In 1960, SAC's B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol.

There have been five central crises in America's post World War II encounter with the Middle East, and the Obama administration now faces a sixth.

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.

This book addresses the incentives for nations to develop nuclear weapons and the technical expertise needed for that purpose.

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.

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

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

Leading scholars analyse key dilemmas in the application of sanctions and inducements on states that violate international non-proliferation commitments.

With the 2005 Review Conference of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the background, this book provides a fully detailed but accessible and accurate introduction to the technical aspects of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons for the specialist and non-specialist alike.

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

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

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.

A nuclear priesthood has arisen in Russia.

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.

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

Originating in the armed forces of the early 20th century, weapons based on chemical, biological or nuclear agents have become an everpresent threat that has not vanished after the end of the cold war.

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

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A nuclear priesthood has arisen in Russia.

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*Shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History*'An enthralling account of a pivotal moment in modern history.

This book is a counter to the conventional wisdom that the United States can and should do more to reduce both the role of nuclear weapons in its security strategies and the number of weapons in its arsenal.

The recent controversy over Iran's nuclear programme represents an early and important test for a distinctively European approach to addressing concerns about suspected programmes for the development of weapons of mass destruction.

Die Welt steht am Beginn eines neuen Zeitalters der Kriegsführung.

With the 2005 Review Conference of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the background, this book provides a fully detailed but accessible and accurate introduction to the technical aspects of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons for the specialist and non-specialist alike.

The essential account of geopolitics right now, from one of our greatest living intellectuals - including a new afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist.

While German and Japanese scientists also labored unsuccessfully to create an atomic bomb, by the summer of 1945, the American-led team was ready to test its first weapon.

Advocating nuclear war, attempting communication with dolphins and taking an interest in the paranormal and UFOs, there is perhaps no greater (or stranger) cautionary tale for the Left than that of Posadism.

In this important new collection of interviews with the acclaimed radio journalist David Barsamian, Noam Chomsky discuses U.

A startling history of the Chernobyl disaster by Svetlana Alexievich, the winner of the Nobel prize in literature 2015 On 26 April 1986, at 1.

On August 9th, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

Israel's foreign policy is perceived to be essentially a defensive one by the international community.

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Iran is aggressively seeking nuclear technology that could be used for making weaponsand its quest has set off alarms throughout the world.

1896 spürte Henri Becquerel im Uran eine seltsame Strahlung auf, die Marie Curie Radioaktivität nannte.