Nuclear weapons Books

In Atomic Blackmail? Simon Bennett examines the very real possibility of the 'weaponisation' of nuclear facilities during the Russia-Ukraine War.The War is being fought in proximity to nuclear facilities and working nuclear power stations, including the...

Life and Times of the Atomic Bomb　takes up the question of how the world found itself in the age of nuclear weapons - and how it has since tried to find a way out of it. Albert I. Berger charts the story of nuclear weapons from their origins through the...

When it comes to the bomb, what we don't know could kill us. Written for ordinary readers by a concerned American citizen, American Nuclear Deception shows how the history of the bomb impacts current nuclear policy. This fresh evidence is seen through...

The Manhattan Project at Hanford Site describes the top-secret effort undertaken during World War II to develop a weapon never imagined at "Site W" or "Hanford Engineer Works," one of three sites selected in the United States (plus Los Alamos and Oak...

Now that the Cold War is over, this book is especially timely: it analyzes and summarizes the events that ushered in an epoch of history nearly fifty years ago, and provides an analysis of the forces that were suppressed or strengthened during the Cold...

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The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) has been the principal legal barrier to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons for the past forty-five years. It promotes the peaceful uses of nuclear technology and insures, through the application of safeguards...

Avoiding Armageddon describes the herculean efforts expended by the United States and the Soviet Union to best each other in rocketry during the Cold War years, interspersed with attention-grabbing accounts of the engaging personalities involved. Both...

Ed Gilfillen's account of a remarkable adventure in maritime has stood the test of time. He was diagnosed with what would prove a fatal case of multiple myeloma in the mid-1970s. His suspicion upon treatment was that the cancer had been a result of...

The legacy of World War II and the division of Eastern and Western Europe produced a radical asymmetry, and a variety of misgivings and misunderstandings, in French and German experiences of the nuclear age. At the same time, however, political actors in...

This timely volume focuses on the period of decolonization and the Cold War as the backdrop to the emergence of new and diverse literary aesthetics that accompanied anti-imperialist commitments and Afro-Asian solidarity. Competing internationalist...

On Thermonuclear War was controversial when originally published and remains so today. It is iconoclastic, crosses disciplinary boundaries, and finally it is calm and compellingly reasonable. The book was widely read on both sides of the Iron Curtain and...

In this book, Michael Krepon analyzes nuclear issues such as missile defenses, space warfare, and treaties, and argues that the United States is on a dangerous course. During the Cold War, Mutual Assured Destruction, or MAD, facilitated strategic arms...

A Vintage Manual for Historic Study of Cold-War-Era Family and Personal Survival and Shelter PreparationThis deluxe, unabridged reprint Historic Reference Edition of the U.S. Office of Civil Defense 1966 manual Personal and Family Survival recounts a...

In 1945, the United States exited the Second World War as the sole possessor of nuclear weapons. As the Cold War began, tensions between East and West mounted when communist expansionism quickly spread throughout Eastern Europe. By 1946, the most...

This book explores the relationship between the developing India-US strategic Partnership and Pakistan's security. It assesses India and the US's areas of cooperation to show that the partnership will bring drastic changes for India's military...

The hands of humans split the atom and reshaped the world. Gradually revealing a sublime nightmare that begins with spontaneous nuclear fission in the protozoic and ends with the omnicide of the human race, The Manhattan Project traces the military,...

Recent books and journal articles published in China provide new insights into nuclear doctrine, operations, training, and the employment of the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) strategic rocket forces. The major insights come from exploiting sections of...

 In the Flames of Discord : Exploring the Conflict Between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip  est un ouvrage exhaustif qui propose une plongée au cœur de l'un des conflits les plus complexes et les plus clairvoyants de notre époque...

"In the Flames of Discord: Exploring the Conflict Between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip" is an exhaustive work that offers a deep dive into the heart of one of the most far-sighted and complex conflicts of our contemporary era. Through a detailed...

"Tra le fiamme della discordia: Esplorando il conflitto tra Israele e Hamas nella Striscia di Gaza" è un'opera esaustiva che offre una profonda immersione nel cuore di uno dei conflitti più lungimiranti e complessi della nostra era contemporanea...

"Countdown to Catastrophe: Imagining a Nuclear Conflict" by Nolan Blackwood delves into the chilling and complex world of nuclear conflict narratives, with a special focus on South Asia. Through an examination of fiction and non-fiction, Blackwood...

The Bush Administration conducted a review of U.S. nuclear weapons force posture during its first year in office. Although the review sought to adjust U.S. nuclear posture to address changes in the international security environment at the start of the...

Desde la óptica de obispos y sacerdotes dentro del vaticano, esta obra "El Vaticano contra Dios" se confirma los hechos corruptos e inimaginables de la mal llamada "Santa Sede". Un libro que despertará la conciencia de todo católico.

This work examines British thinking about nuclear weapons in the period up to about 1970, looking at the subject through the eyes of the Royal Navy, in the belief that this can offer new insights in this field. The author argues that the Navy was always...

Der Status der Bundesrepublik Deutschland als Nichtkernwaffenstaat und ihre faktische Position in der nuklearen Weltordnung zur Zeit des Ost-West-Konflikts standen in einem Spannungsverhältnis zueinander. Dies zeigt auch die Geschichte der nuklearen...

The balance of power in South Asia is tenuous. Neighbouring states with nuclear arsenal pose a serious threat in times of conflict and the danger of escalation into a nuclear holocaust in South are ever-present.This book locates the change in India's war...

"In the Flames of Discord: Exploring the Conflict Between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip" é um trabalho exaustivo que oferece um mergulho profundo no cerne de um dos conflitos mais previdentes e complexos de nossa era contemporânea. Por meio de uma...

I originally did research and wrote a term paper but was officially told by the Air War College in 1986 that us worrying about military in the Middle East was unrealistic, we would never have involvement of US military forces in the Middle East and will...

Named in honor of the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama where it was developed, the SSM-A-14 Redstone was the first large ballistic missile in the U.S. inventory. Designed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency under the leadership of the brilliant...

In the late 1940s, the U.S. Department of Defense established a nuclear weapons depository in the Manzano Mountains of New Mexico. For more than 20 years, Manzano Base served as a maintenance and storage site for some of the most destructive weapons...

Iran's Nuclear Core details how the nuclear weapons program is at the heart, and not in parallel, to the civil nuclear program of Iran. The program is run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) since the beginning, and the main nuclear sites...

Atomic Age America looks at the broad influence of atomic energy¿focusing particularly on nuclear weapons and nuclear power¿on the lives of Americans within a world context. The text examines the social, political, diplomatic, environmental, and...

A nonfiction account of the first loss of an atomic bomb by the American military, which took place over the coast of British Columbia in February, 1950. On a cold, windy February night off the coast of B.C. in 1950, a new B36 United States Air...

In mid-1980 a second conference for the review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) would take place in Geneva. Given the importance of preventing, or at least slowing down, nuclear weapon proliferation, this conference would be a crucial event in the...

In Atomic Testing in Mississippi, David Allen Burke illuminates the nearly forgotten history of America's only nuclear detonations east of the Mississippi River. The atomic tests, conducted in the mid-1960s nearly 3,000 feet below ground in Mississippi's...

The inherent dual nature of the power of the atom, as provider of electricity or as a weapon of mass destruction, has dictated national policies and international security agendas for decades now. A resurgence of interest in nuclear energy promises a...

May 1998 marked the culmination of the long debate on India's nuclear status. It also initiated the country's journey towards credible, nuclear deterrence. Over the last decade, India has taken many steps down this path, with varying degrees of speed,...

In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. Delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time, Walker...