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.
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.
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.
This book traces the evolution of the Browning Automatic Rifle from the Model of 1918, first to face combat in World War I, through its various configurations in all arenas of combat all the way to the present-day1918 A3 SLR developed and manufactured by Ohio Ordnance Works.
Maritime Unmannedrecounts the promising beginning, demoralizing setbacks, and ultimatesuccess ofthe visionaries whochampioned unmannedaircraft systems (UAS)technology forthe U.
The Emergence of American Amphibious Warfare, 1898-1945 examines how the United States became a military superpower through the use of amphibious operations.
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 events in Jet Age Man took place during the early Cold War, an era that will go down as a period when civilization teetered on the edge of the abyss.
A comprehensive and detailed illustrated examination of the development and combat performance of US battle tanks from World War I to the end of World War II.
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.
'No previous generation of statesmen has had to conduct policy in so unknown an environment at the border line of Armageddon'-Henry Kissinger Nuclear weapons pose a unique challenge to American foreign policy and the American president in particular.
This highly illustrated title details the history of the Jagdpanzer, the self-propelled German tank destroyers introduced in the second half of World War II.
In this engaging scientific memoir, Kenneth Ford recounts the time when, in his mid-twenties, he was a member of the team that designed and built the first hydrogen bomb.
