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Dilemmas of Nuclear Strategyby Roman Kolkowicz
Taylor & Francis 1987; US$ 65.00Nuclear strategy and deterrence in their "golden age" -a nostalgically defined period sometime in the mid-1950s to mid-1960s - promised to harness and control the nuclear Moloch; hopes were high that the civilian strategists flooding into Washington would succeed in designing a new science of war that would safeguard national security, provide a stable international environment, and develop a rational decision-making process for the management of national interests in a hostile nuclear world. Three decades later, it is a commonplace that the erstwhile promises and pretensions of the nuclear "whiz kids" and the "wizards of Armageddon" have not lived up to expectations. Arms control has not curbed or slowed down the vast arms build-ups; crisis... more...
Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferationby Sarah J. Diehl
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 45.00From the Manhattan Project to Saddam Hussein's covert nuclear program, this title provides an overview of the world's nuclear weapons and the various attempts to control them. more...
March to Armageddonby Ronald E. Powaski
Oxford University Press 1989; US$ 24.95This book traces the evolution of the nuclear arms race from its origin in Roosevelt's decision to develop an atomic bomb to Reagan's decision to continue its expansion in the 1980s. more...
Arsenals of Follyby Richard Rhodes
Knopf Publishing Group 2007; US$ 13.99Pulitzer 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. From the Trade Paperback... more...
Britain, Australia and the Bombby Lorna Arnold; Mark Smith
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2006; US$ 48.00Britain did not have the vast empty spaces required to conduct the tests necessary for developing nuclear weapons. The solution was found in Australia. This book tells the story of this partnership, and includes fresh evidence about the weapons under development, the effects of the tests on participants, and the clean-up of the testing range. more...
Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferationby SARAH J. DIEHL; JAMES CLAY MOLTZ
ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 77.00Fully updated and revised since its initial publication, Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation, Second Edition explores all key issues related to the proliferation of nuclear weapons and efforts to curb them, from the U.S. atomic bomb project during World War II to current debates on nuclear terrorism, North KoreaÕs nuclear test, and IranÕs enrichment program.||Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation, Second Edition clarifies weapons-related policy debates from both U.S. and international perspectives, offering a detailed look at current technologies, arsenals, weapons tests, and nonproliferation efforts. Readers will find expert analysis of such crucial recent events as LibyaÕs disarmament, the failed WMD search in Iraq, A.Q. KhanÕs nuclear technology... more...
Nuclear Weapons, Scientists, And The Post-cold War Challengeby Sidney D Drell
World Scientific 2007; US$ 101.40This volume includes a representative selection of Sidney Drell's recent writings and speeches (circa 1993 to the present) on public policy issues with substantial scientific components. Most of the writings deal with national security, nuclear weapons, and arms control and reflect the authors personal involvement in such issues dating back to 1960. Fifteen years after the demise of the Soviet Union, the gravest danger presented by nuclear weapons is the spread of advanced technology that may result in the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Of most concern would be their acquisition by hostile governments and terrorists who are unconstrained by accepted norms of civilized behavior. The current challenges are to prevent this from happening... more...
Nuclear Strategy in the Twenty-First Centuryby Stephen J. Cimbala
Greenwood Publishing Group 2000; US$ 125.00The author of this study argues that nuclear weapons and the psychology of nuclear deterrence will remain important after 2000, but the character of that importance will change. Advanced technology conventional weapons based on information and electronics become more strategically important. more...
The Nuclear Tabooby Nina Tannenwald
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 33.00An examination of why the United States has not used nuclear weapons since 1945. more...
The Challenge of Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversariesby David Ochmanek; Lowell H. Schwartz
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95North Korea's test of a nuclear weapon in 2006 shows that such weapons are within reach of determined regional powers. Thus, defense planners in the United States and elsewhere must begin now to confront the new security challenges posed by nuclear-armed regional adversaries. While U.S. conventional and nuclear forces will continue to have deterrent effects on the leaders of regional adversaries such as North Korea and Iran, the dynamics of the deterrent balance vis-?-vis these actors may be quite different from that to which the United States became accustomed during the Cold War. The weakness of these states at the conventional level, coupled with the high stakes they will have at risk in a conflict with the United States, could lead... more...