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Nuclear Weapons : A Very Short Introduction / Joseph M. Siracusa.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductionsPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: 143 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199229543 (pbk.)
  • 0199229546 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.825119 23 S.J.N.
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface ; 1. What are Nuclear Weapons? ; 2. Building the Bomb ; 3. "A Choice between the Quick and the Dead" ; 4. Race for the H-Bomb ; 5. Nuclear Deterrence and Arms Control ; 6. Star Wars ; 7. Nuclear Weapons in the Age of Terrorism ; References & Further Reading
Summary: In a fluid and uncertain world, wracked by fears of terrorism, the Bomb matters. Indeed it may matter more today than at any time before or during the Cold War. This book reveals why - providing a lucid and chilling account of nuclear weapons, their history, their role in global politics, and how we have - so far - managed to avoid armageddon.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface ; 1. What are Nuclear Weapons? ; 2. Building the Bomb ; 3. "A Choice between the Quick and the Dead" ; 4. Race for the H-Bomb ; 5. Nuclear Deterrence and Arms Control ; 6. Star Wars ; 7. Nuclear Weapons in the Age of Terrorism ; References & Further Reading

In a fluid and uncertain world, wracked by fears of terrorism, the Bomb matters. Indeed it may matter more today than at any time before or during the Cold War. This book reveals why - providing a lucid and chilling account of nuclear weapons, their history, their role in global politics, and how we have - so far - managed to avoid armageddon.

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