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Author : Richard Dean Burns,Joseph M. Siracusa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:931290010
Author : Richard Dean Burns,Joseph M. Siracusa
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440800955
Written by two preeminent authors in the field, this book provides an accessible global narrative of the nuclear arms race since 1945 that focuses on the roles of key scientists, military chiefs, and political leaders. The first book of its kind to provide a global perspective of the arms race, this two-volume work connects episodes worldwide involving nuclear weapons in a comprehensive, narrative fashion. Beginning with a discussion of the scientific research of the 1930s and 1940s and the Hiroshima decision, the authors focus on five basic themes: political dimensions, technological developments, military and diplomatic strategies, and impact. The history of the international nuclear arms race is examined within the context of four historical eras: America's nuclear monopoly, America's nuclear superiority, superpower parity, and the post-Cold War era. Information about the historical development of the independent deterrence of Britain, France, and China, as well as the piecemeal deterrence of newcomers Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea is also included, as is coverage of the efforts aimed at the international control of nuclear weapons and the diplomatic architecture that underpins the global nuclear non-proliferation regime.
Author : Ernie Regehr,Simon Rosenblum
Publisher : Lorimer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015008639067
First published in 1983, this book reports from the middle of the nuclear arms race, when the world's two superpowers, the US and the USSR, were adding increasingly sophisticated weapons to their arsenals, reaching a point where they could effectively wipe each other out many times over. Some of Canada's most distinguished critics of the nuclear arms race examine this drift to annihilation, show how Canada was contributing to it, and explain the policies that Canada could have adopted to encourage the reversal of the arms race.
Author : Richard Dean Burns,Joseph M. Siracusa
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440800948
Written by two preeminent authors in the field, this book provides an accessible global narrative of the nuclear arms race since 1945 that focuses on the roles of key scientists, military chiefs, and political leaders. The first book of its kind to provide a global perspective of the arms race, this two-volume work connects episodes worldwide involving nuclear weapons in a comprehensive, narrative fashion. Beginning with a discussion of the scientific research of the 1930s and 1940s and the Hiroshima decision, the authors focus on five basic themes: political dimensions, technological developments, military and diplomatic strategies, and impact. The history of the international nuclear arms race is examined within the context of four historical eras: America's nuclear monopoly, America's nuclear superiority, superpower parity, and the post-Cold War era. Information about the historical development of the independent deterrence of Britain, France, and China, as well as the piecemeal deterrence of newcomers Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea is also included, as is coverage of the efforts aimed at the international control of nuclear weapons and the diplomatic architecture that underpins the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. Makes the case that nuclear weaponry gradually assumed political stature and came to dominate high-level diplomatic activity Describes inherent problems posed by various delivery systems of nuclear weaponry Draws connections between military strategy and nuclear arms control efforts as well as anti-missile systems Identifies and assesses post-Cold War issues in dealing with nuclear terrorism
Author : Richard Rhodes
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780375713941
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes delivers a riveting account of the nuclear arms race and the Cold War. In the Reagan-Gorbachev era, the United States and the Soviet Union came within minutes of nuclear war, until Gorbachev boldly launched a campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons, setting the stage for the 1986 Reykjavik summit and the incredible events that followed. In this thrilling, authoritative narrative, Richard Rhodes draws on personal interviews with both Soviet and U.S. participants and a wealth of new documentation to unravel the compelling, shocking story behind this monumental time in human history—its beginnings, its nearly chilling consequences, and its effects on global politics today.
Author : Joseph Siracusa
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198860532
Nuclear Weapons are the most deadly weapon ever invented. This Very Short Introduction discusses the history and politics of nuclear weapons since their development in the 1940s. It describes the successes and failures of treaties that have aimed for their control and reduction, and their impact on international relations today.
Author : Edward H. Judge,John W. Langdon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538195697
This text is a comprehensive collection of more than 100 carefully edited documents (speeches, treaties, statements, and articles), making the great events of the era come alive through the words and phrases of those who were actively involved. Coverage traces the Cold War from its roots in East-West tensions before and during World War II through its origins in the immediate postwar era, up to and including the collapse of the Soviet Union during 1989-1991.
Author : Paul P. Craig,John A. Jungerman
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Armas atómicas
ISBN : UCSC:32106013714156
This new edition of a very current interdisciplinary book covers both technical material and social issues, to give readers of all backgrounds a sense of the overall implications of the arms race. Weapons are the primary focus of the book, with the history of their development and nuclear politics included in the introductory chapters. There is a thorough discussion of global nuclear exchange, which considers the consequences of an all-out nuclear war, the psychological impact of the threat and actual nuclear war; the atomic bombings of Japan; and the biological effects of radiation from nuclear weapons.
Author : Craig E. Blohm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 159018212X
Discusses the development of nuclear weapons, the race for nuclear supremacy, deployment of these weapons during the Cold War, and disarmament.
Author : Ronald E. Powaski
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1987-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198020950
Ronald E. Powaski offers the first complete, accessible history of the events, forces, and factors that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. He traces the evolution of the nuclear arms race from FDR's decision to develop an atomic bomb to Reagan's decision to continue its expansion in the 1980's. Focusing on the forces that have propelled the arms race and the reasons behind the repeated failures to check the proliferation of nuclear weapons, Powaski discusses such topics as the Manhattan Project, the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima, the debate over whether to share atomic information, the effect of nuclear weapons on U.S. military and foreign policy, and the role of these weapons in arms control negotiations in the last five presidential administrations.
Author : Ann E. Weiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Antinuclear movement
ISBN : 039534929X
Discusses the history of the post-World War II arms race and the arguments for and against the further development and stockpiling of nuclear weapons.
Author : Martin Gitlin
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534501379
Following the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the twentieth century was haunted by the specter of nuclear annihilation. Locked in a hostile embrace, the U.S. and the USSR engaged in a ruinous arms race preparing for the kind of war no one wanted and no one could win. Though the Cold War ended, the dangers of nuclear proliferation remain, with poorly secured nuclear weapons and materials vulnerable to theft, sale, accident, or misuse. The many debates over the years surrounding the arms race, proliferation, deterrence, and security are collected here to provide readers with a fine-grained sense of the international tensions, political urgency, diplomatic strategies, and global fears that have long underlined the effort to build and maintain nuclear arsenals.
Author : William Gay,Michael Pearson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 078379679X
Author : Lawrence S. Wittner
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804771245
Confronting the Bomb tells the dramatic, inspiring story of how citizen activism helped curb the nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war. This abbreviated version of Lawrence Wittner's award-winning trilogy, The Struggle Against the Bomb, shows how a worldwide, grassroots campaign—the largest social movement of modern times—challenged the nuclear priorities of the great powers and, ultimately, thwarted their nuclear ambitions. Based on massive research in the files of peace and disarmament organizations and in formerly top secret government records, extensive interviews with antinuclear activists and government officials, and memoirs and other published materials, Confronting the Bomb opens a unique window on one of the most important issues of the modern era: survival in the nuclear age. It covers the entire period of significant opposition to the bomb, from the final stages of the Second World War up to the present. Along the way, it provides fascinating glimpses of the interaction of key nuclear disarmament activists and policymakers, including Albert Einstein, Harry Truman, Albert Schweitzer, Norman Cousins, Nikita Khrushchev, Bertrand Russell, Andrei Sakharov, Linus Pauling, Dwight Eisenhower, Harold Macmillan, John F. Kennedy, Randy Forsberg, Mikhail Gorbachev, Helen Caldicott, E.P. Thompson, and Ronald Reagan. Overall, however, it is a story of popular mobilization and its effectiveness.
Author : Martin J. Sherwin
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : 039475204X
Argues that nuclear policies have derived from assumptions and attitudes that developed during World War II and analyzes the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki