The dropping of two atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their shocking aftermath finally ended World War II in the eastern theatre. But they werent the only experimental weaponry at the time.In this fascinating account, C...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300283396)
A groundbreaking history of nuclear weapons across the world, from their invention to the end of the Cold War How should we deal with nuclear weapons? The discovery of nuclear fission fundamentally changed the world order. Its power was harnessed,...Loe edasi...
There is no silver bullet for the climate crisisbut that hasnt stopped people searching. Seizing its chance, the nuclear power industry wants us to believe that theirs is the only technical fix for our deliverance. The public, politicians and the med...Loe edasi...
There is no silver bullet for the climate crisisbut that hasnt stopped people searching. Seizing its chance, the nuclear power industry wants us to believe that theirs is the only technical fix for our deliverance. The public, politicians and the med...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Dec-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Tennessee Press, ISBN-13: 9798895270318)
In the early days of the Cold War, the United States Army underwent a fundamental shift in its strategic thinking. While World War II was won on a doctrinal paradigm of combined arms, the US Army of the 1950s believed that atomic weapons would change...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Dec-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Tennessee Press, ISBN-13: 9798895270301)
In the early days of the Cold War, the United States Army underwent a fundamental shift in its strategic thinking. While World War II was won on a doctrinal paradigm of combined arms, the US Army of the 1950s believed that atomic weapons would change...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Dec-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300286526)
The remarkable story of the forgotten British scientists who enabled the Manhattan Project to create the atomic bomb Atomic weaponry is widely understood as a story of American scientific achievement-but scientists working in Britain played a vital...Loe edasi...
Drawing on unmined archives and original interviews, Rebecca Lubot tells the story of how US lawmakers grappled with issues over presidential succession and inability and vice-presidential vacancy and ultimately ratified the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. S...Loe edasi...
Drawing on unmined archives and original interviews, Rebecca Lubot tells the story of how US lawmakers grappled with issues over presidential succession and inability and vice-presidential vacancy and ultimately ratified the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. S...Loe edasi...
This edited volume studies nuclear negotiations and diplomacy from a negotiation perspective. This book reviews the current state of knowledge regarding multilateral negotiations and seeks to provide key research insights on the conditions under whic...Loe edasi...
This edited volume studies nuclear negotiations and diplomacy from a negotiation perspective. This book reviews the current state of knowledge regarding multilateral negotiations and seeks to provide key research insights on the conditions under whic...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Nov-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674300811)
An eye-opening reconsideration of the Cold War arms control movement, showing how scientists who presented themselves as independent-minded opponents of the arms race in fact functioned as agents of the military-industrial complex that profited from...Loe edasi...
Exploring how Iranian political leaders have framed Irans nuclear program as proof of the systems efficiency to bolster domestic legitimacy, this new volume analyses the internal divisions and global pressures undermining Irans political narrative...Loe edasi...
Exploring how Iranian political leaders have framed Irans nuclear program as proof of the systems efficiency to bolster domestic legitimacy, this new volume analyses the internal divisions and global pressures undermining Irans political narrative...Loe edasi...
Brought to you by Penguin.From the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms race, from the first atomic bomb to todayOn 16 July 1945, the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first ato...Loe edasi...
A sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms race, from the first atomic bomb to todays rush to stockpile nuclear weapons.The nuclear age came into existence with the explosion of the first atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert on Jul...Loe edasi...
Few historians write with Serhii Plokhy s authority, clarity or global vision... Essential reading, and a marvellous book Peter FrankopanFrom the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms ra...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Oct-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682476925)
Sean Maloney reveals how Vladimir Putin has aggressively leveraged nuclear signaling to manipulate NATO and deter Western intervention in Ukraine. With Cold War-level brinkmanship and modern information warfare, Russias tactics have reshaped the str...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Oct-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682476925)
Sean Maloney reveals how Vladimir Putin has aggressively leveraged nuclear signaling to manipulate NATO and deter Western intervention in Ukraine. With Cold War-level brinkmanship and modern information warfare, Russias tactics have reshaped the str...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Sep-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Exeter Press, ISBN-13: 9781804132210)
This book evaluates the extent of North Koreas nuclear threat and proposes practical, viable options for the United States and South Korea to deter and defend against it. With North Koreas alliance treaty with Russia and its involvement in Russias...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Sep-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Exeter Press, ISBN-13: 9781804132227)
This book evaluates the extent of North Koreas nuclear threat and proposes practical, viable options for the United States and South Korea to deter and defend against it. With North Koreas alliance treaty with Russia and its involvement in Russias...Loe edasi...
Impressive... Glancey has written an engaging and affectionate account of the V-bombers, not least the figures who made it all possible. TelegraphTHE THREE VERY DIFFERENT models of V class bomber comprising Britains strategic nuclear strike force...Loe edasi...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTHE MASTERPIECE COMPLETE ORAL HISTORY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB - BY A PULITZER PRIZE FINALISTMagisterial...A stunning account that brings to the fore the nuclear sagas surreal combination of ingenuity, fate, and terror. -Publi...Loe edasi...
Henry Becquerel s accidental discovery, in Paris in 1896, of a faint smudge on a photographic plate sparked a chain of discoveries which would unleash the atomic age.Destroyer of Worlds is the story of how pursuit of this hidden source of nuclear pow...Loe edasi...
A ground-breaking history of this global conflict including the errors and miscalculations made on both sides. Korea: War Without End examines the stand-off between East and West in Korea that ultimately defined the second half of the 20th century....Loe edasi...
A ground-breaking history of this global conflict including the errors and miscalculations made on both sides. Korea: War Without End examines the stand-off between East and West in Korea that ultimately defined the second half of the 20th century....Loe edasi...
Terrifying and timely, this is a book everyone should read and heed - George MonbiotUrgent, gripping and sobering, Six Minutes to Winter is a hair-raising wake-up call - David Wallace-WellsPowerful and insightful. Although many have forgotten ab...Loe edasi...
Terrifying and timely, this is a book everyone should read and heed - George MonbiotUrgent, gripping and sobering, Six Minutes to Winter is a hair-raising wake-up call - David Wallace-WellsPowerful and insightful. Although many have forgotten ab...Loe edasi...
The little boy did not cry or speak. He just stood there and stared at me intensely. With great effort I stood up and tested to see if I could walk with my injured foot. When I did, he came to stand even closer to me and, without saying a word, grabb...Loe edasi...
FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE Monumental and highly readable... by smartly knitting together the past with the present, Zubok brings a prescient and fresh perspective Financial TimesA sweeping, original history of the Cold War, from an acclaimed hi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040347652)
Although in the early 1990s, nearly fifty countries had a nuclear capacity, and many more were close to it, only a handful were actually in possession of nuclear weapons. David Fischers book, originally published in 1992, was of particular interest...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040347706)
Although in the early 1990s, nearly fifty countries had a nuclear capacity, and many more were close to it, only a handful were actually in possession of nuclear weapons. David Fischers book, originally published in 1992, was of particular interest...Loe edasi...
Brought to you by Penguin. When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, it was the beginning of a terrifying new episode in human history. Written only a year after the disaster, John He...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis, ISBN-13: 9781040341575)
This book explores Indian nuclear diplomacy in post May 1998 and deconstructs the discourse presented in public and private sphere. It shows how India discursively constructed its self image as the promoter of peace and stability not only in the regi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis, ISBN-13: 9781040341506)
This book explores Indian nuclear diplomacy in post May 1998 and deconstructs the discourse presented in public and private sphere. It shows how India discursively constructed its self image as the promoter of peace and stability not only in the regi...Loe edasi...
This innovative monograph explores how four Cold War presidents made pivotal nuclear decisions, significantly influenced by religious heritage and associated philosophies of ethics, government, and human nature. Drawing from primary and secondary sou...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Mar-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031821158)
This book traces the development of US strategy on nuclear weapons and how presidents from Truman to Biden have wrestled with the question of how best to employ nuclear arms in a dangerous world. Michael Genovese examines how each president tried to...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Mar-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031821158)
This book traces the development of US strategy on nuclear weapons and how presidents from Truman to Biden have wrestled with the question of how best to employ nuclear arms in a dangerous world. Michael Genovese examines how each president tried to...Loe edasi...
A remarkable account of the terrible climax of the Second World War in AsiaA Telegraph Book of the Year 2025 A short but quietly devastating book, in which Overy adds new perspectives to a subject that has often been approached from a narrowly Amer...Loe edasi...
Alberto Castelli, Giunia Gatta, Micaela Latini, Francesco Raschi
Sari: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Feb-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040344019)
In this book, Alberto Castelli, Giunia Gatta, Micaela Latini, and Francesco Raschi examine how four prominent intellectuals of the 20th century (Bertrand Russell, Karl Jaspers, Raymond Aron, and Gunther Anders) understood atomic warfare. With a chapt...Loe edasi...
Alberto Castelli, Giunia Gatta, Micaela Latini, Francesco Raschi
Sari: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Feb-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040343999)
In this book, Alberto Castelli, Giunia Gatta, Micaela Latini, and Francesco Raschi examine how four prominent intellectuals of the 20th century (Bertrand Russell, Karl Jaspers, Raymond Aron, and Gunther Anders) understood atomic warfare. With a chapt...Loe edasi...
The United States is the only nation to have used nuclear weapons in warfare and claims-not only through its State Department, but through a Congressional vote as late as 1999-that the use of nuclear weapons is lawful. Can such a claim, with its unde...Loe edasi...
Sari: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Jan-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691261782)
How and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversariesHow can states use military force to achieve their political aims without triggering a catastrophic nuclear war? Among the states facing this dilemma of fig...Loe edasi...
Sari: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Jan-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691261782)
How and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversariesHow can states use military force to achieve their political aims without triggering a catastrophic nuclear war? Among the states facing this dilemma of fig...Loe edasi...
North Korea is one of the worlds smallest and poorest nations, yet it is one of only nine nations with a nuclear arsenal. Its long-range missiles are believed capable of reaching the United States. Specialists doubt its warheads can survive re-entry...Loe edasi...
