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Bravo Superbomb Disaster
Hillcrest Media Group, Inc. 2012; US$ 5.95Assigned as a draftee to a hydrogen-bomb test operation in the Marshall Islands, Frank Zagone gives his account of the March 1, 1954 detonation of BRAVO, a 15 megaton superbomb, the most powerful and radiologically dirty nuclear blast in U.S. history (equivalent to 1000 Hiroshima bombs). He writes about a scientific miscalculation in the... more...
Historical Dictionary of Atomic Espionage
Scarecrow Press 2011; US$ 74.99The Historical Dictionary of Atomic Espionage relates the history of atomic espionage through a chronology, an introductory essay, and cross-referenced dictionary entries on the agencies, agents, and operations. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about atomic espionage. more...
A Short History of Nuclear Folly
Melville House 2013; US$ 26.00In the spirit of Dr. Strangelove and The Atomic Café , a blackly sardonic people?s history of atomic blunders and near-misses revealing the hushed-up and forgotten episodes in which the great powers gambled with catastrophe Rudolph Herzog, the acclaimed author of Dead Funny , presents a devastating account of history?s most irresponsible uses... more...
Napoleon's Guard Infantry (2)
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 13.95This title looks at Napoleon's Middle and Young Guard infantry. The seniority of Guard infantry was only established definitely in 1812 by the Guard's chief of personnel, Courtois. The title 'Young Guard' was assigned to the newly-raised regiments in 1809, but the term 'Middle Guard' came into use about 1811. From the beginning the newer guard regiments... more...
Nuclear Weapons Testing At The Nevada Test Site
Hillcrest Media Group, Inc. 2012; US$ 49.95Nuclear weapons and their control and testing have been newsworthy topics for public reading and vigorous "debate" since 1945. But, very few people can describe why and how nuclear weapons have been tested by the US. The authors of this book have made very serious efforts to provide such information for readers without a technical... more...
Command and Control
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 19.99A myth-shattering exposé of America?s nuclear weapons Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America?s nuclear arsenal. A groundbreaking account of accidents, near misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs, Command and Control explores the dilemma that has existed... more...
Dilemmas of Nuclear Strategy
Taylor and Francis 1987; US$ 70.00This volume reflects the research and discussions for the Bellagio Conference, with a spcial emphasis on the distinct perspective introduced by the Europeans on the issues of superpower strategic relations in general and on MAD and SDI in particular. Their views are shaped by concerns on how these broader issues might affect their own national security... more...
The Nuclear Jihadist
Grand Central Publishing 2007; US$ 9.99The world has entered a second nuclear age. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the threat of nuclear annihilation is on the rise. Should such an assault occur, there is a strong likelihood that the trail of devastation will lead back to Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani father of the Islamic bomb and the mastermind behind a vast clandestine... more...
109 East Palace
Simon & Schuster 2007; US$ 16.99They were told as little as possible. Their orders were to go to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and report for work at a classified Manhattan Project site, a location so covert it was known to them only by the mysterious address: 109 East Palace. There, behind a wrought-iron gate and narrow passageway just off the touristy old plaza, they were greeted by Dorothy... more...
Nuclear Weapons and Conflict Transformation
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 44.95This new volume explores what the acquisition of nuclear weapons means for the life of a protracted conflict. The book argues that the significance of the possession of nuclear weapons in conflict resolution has been previously overlooked. Saira Khan argues that the acquisition of nuclear weapons by states keeps conflicts alive indefinitely,... more...









