To Win A Nuclear War

Author : Michio Kaku,Afterword by Axelrod,Daniel Axelrod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Nuclear warfare
ISBN : 0921689071

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To Win a Nuclear War by Michio Kaku,Afterword by Axelrod,Daniel Axelrod Pdf

To Win a Nuclear War records as fully as we are likely to find what has gone on in the minds of American leaders and nuclear strategists on this awesome subject during these fateful forty years. It is an appalling story... This book compels us to re-think and re-write the history of the Cold War and the arms race."--From the foreword by Ramsey Clark, former Attorney General of the United States. To Win a Nuclear War provides a startling glimpse into secret U.S. plans to initiate a nuclear war from 1945 to the present. Based on recently declassified Top Secret documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, this book meticulously traces how U.S. policy makers in over a dozen episodes have threatened to initiate a nuclear attack. The book also documents the surprising reasons why the war plans were never carried out and discloses the deeper, hidden meaning of the Star Wars program.

Author : Michio Kaku,Daniel Axelrod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Nuclear warfare
ISBN : OCLC:43939289

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To Win a Nuclear War by Michio Kaku,Daniel Axelrod Pdf

Author : Fred Kaplan
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781982107307

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The Bomb by Fred Kaplan Pdf

From the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war—and Presidents’ actions in nuclear crises—from Truman to Trump. Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as “a rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter,” takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s “Tank” in the Pentagon, and the vast chambers of Strategic Command to bring us the untold stories—based on exclusive interviews and previously classified documents—of how America’s presidents and generals have thought about, threatened, broached, and just barely avoided nuclear war from the dawn of the atomic age until today. Kaplan’s historical research and deep reporting will stand as the permanent record of politics. Discussing theories that have dominated nightmare scenarios from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kaplan presents the unthinkable in terms of mass destruction and demonstrates how the nuclear war reality will not go away, regardless of the dire consequences.

Author : Michael Krepon
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781503629615

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Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace by Michael Krepon Pdf

The definitive guide to the history of nuclear arms control by a wise eavesdropper and masterful storyteller, Michael Krepon. The greatest unacknowledged diplomatic achievement of the Cold War was the absence of mushroom clouds. Deterrence alone was too dangerous to succeed; it needed arms control to prevent nuclear warfare. So, U.S. and Soviet leaders ventured into the unknown to devise guardrails for nuclear arms control and to treat the Bomb differently than other weapons. Against the odds, they succeeded. Nuclear weapons have not been used in warfare for three quarters of a century. This book is the first in-depth history of how the nuclear peace was won by complementing deterrence with reassurance, and then jeopardized by discarding arms control after the Cold War ended. Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace tells a remarkable story of high-wire acts of diplomacy, close calls, dogged persistence, and extraordinary success. Michael Krepon brings to life the pitched battles between arms controllers and advocates of nuclear deterrence, the ironic twists and unexpected outcomes from Truman to Trump. What began with a ban on atmospheric testing and a nonproliferation treaty reached its apogee with treaties that mandated deep cuts and corralled "loose nukes" after the Soviet Union imploded. After the Cold War ended, much of this diplomatic accomplishment was cast aside in favor of freedom of action. The nuclear peace is now imperiled by no less than four nuclear-armed rivalries. Arms control needs to be revived and reimagined for Russia and China to prevent nuclear warfare. New guardrails have to be erected. Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace is an engaging account of how the practice of arms control was built from scratch, how it was torn down, and how it can be rebuilt.

Author : Richard Fryklund
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Nuclear warfare
ISBN : UOM:39015004022144

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100 Million Lives by Richard Fryklund Pdf

Author : George P. Shultz,James E. Goodby
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780817918460

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The War That Must Never Be Fought by George P. Shultz,James E. Goodby Pdf

This book discusses the nuclear dilemma from various countries' points of view: from Japan, Korea, the Middle East, and others. The final chapter proposes a new solution for the nonproliferation treaty review.

Author : Clark C Abt
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1985-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015009371835

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A Strategy For Terminating A Nuclear War by Clark C Abt Pdf

Forfatteren opstiller en særlig nuklear strategi "The Retaliatory Invasion and Cities Targeting Exclusion Termination"(RIACTE) til at kontrollere og afslutte en atomkrig.

Author : Robert Swindells
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994-12-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780141928852

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Brother in the Land by Robert Swindells Pdf

An 'After-the-Bomb' story told by teenage Danny, one of the survivors - one of the unlucky ones. Set in Shipley, an ordinary town in the north of England, this is a powerful portrayal of a world that has broken down. Danny not only has to cope in a world of lawlessness and gang warfare, but he has to protect and look after his little brother, Ben, and a girl called Kim. Is there any hope left for a new world?

Author : Franklyn Griffiths,John C. Polanyi
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1979-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487597924

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The Dangers of Nuclear War by Franklyn Griffiths,John C. Polanyi Pdf

This collection of studies is one of the most lucid and sober analyses of the dangers of nuclear war, which mankind is facing. Written by natural and social scientists, the book should be read both by statesmen and by the general public. Looking towards the end of the century it makes clear the growing dangers. Avoiding complacency on the other hand, and prophecies of doom on the other, it contains a message of hope and an appeal to wisdom.

Author : Robert Scheer
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015064096186

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With Enough Shovels by Robert Scheer Pdf

Author : Steven Kull
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1990-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0465046118

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Minds At War by Steven Kull Pdf

What must the mind of a defense policymaker be like? Can nuclear Holocaust be rationalized? Can reality be subverted by patriotism or competition? Can an intelligent person think the unthinkable as a viable possibility? This investigation into the psychology of defense planners and cabinet members is interesting and frightening. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Robert A. Pape
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801471506

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Bombing to Win by Robert A. Pape Pdf

From Iraq to Bosnia to North Korea, the first question in American foreign policy debates is increasingly: Can air power alone do the job? Robert A. Pape provides a systematic answer. Analyzing the results of over thirty air campaigns, including a detailed reconstruction of the Gulf War, he argues that the key to success is attacking the enemy's military strategy, not its economy, people, or leaders. Coercive air power can succeed, but not as cheaply as air enthusiasts would like to believe.Pape examines the air raids on Germany, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq as well as those of Israel versus Egypt, providing details of bombing and governmental decision making. His detailed narratives of the strategic effectiveness of bombing range from the classical cases of World War II to an extraordinary reconstruction of airpower use in the Gulf War, based on recently declassified documents. In this now-classic work of the theory and practice of airpower and its political effects, Robert A. Pape helps military strategists and policy makers judge the purpose of various air strategies, and helps general readers understand the policy debates.

Author : William Perry
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780804797146

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My Journey at the Nuclear Brink by William Perry Pdf

“Perry has long been one of the more strenuous advocates for confronting the dangers of the nuclear age, and his engaging memoir explains why.” —Foreign Affairs My Journey at the Nuclear Brink is a continuation of former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry's efforts to keep the world safe from a nuclear catastrophe. It tells the story of his coming of age in the nuclear era, his role in trying to shape and contain it, and how his thinking has changed about the threat these weapons pose. In a remarkable career, Perry has dealt firsthand with the changing nuclear threat. Decades of experience and special access to top-secret knowledge of strategic nuclear options have given Perry a unique, and chilling, vantage point from which to conclude that nuclear weapons endanger our security rather than securing it. This book traces his thought process as he journeys from the Cuban Missile Crisis, to crafting a defense strategy in the Carter Administration to offset the Soviets’ numeric superiority in conventional forces, to presiding over the dismantling of more than 8,000 nuclear weapons in the Clinton Administration, and to his creation in 2007, with George Shultz, Sam Nunn, and Henry Kissinger, of the Nuclear Security Project to articulate their vision of a world free from nuclear weapons and to lay out the urgent steps needed to reduce nuclear dangers. “Perry’s authoritative memoir. . . . is a clear, sobering and, for many, surprising warning that the danger of a nuclear catastrophe today is actually greater than it was during that era of U.S.-Soviet competition…a significant and insightful memoir and a necessary read.” —Mortimer B. Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report

Author : Herman Kahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:310629585

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On Thermonuclear War by Herman Kahn Pdf

Author : Denise Kiernan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451617535

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The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan Pdf

Looks at the contributions of the thousands of women who worked at a secret uranium-enriching facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during World War II.