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"In Pat Frank's 1959 novel Alas, Babylon, the character Helen says of her children: "All their lives, ever since they've known anything, they've lived under the shadow of war--atomic war. For them the abnormal has become normal." The threat of nuclear annihilation was a constant…
"Incorporating elements from history, science, philosophy and international relations theory, this book takes a fresh look at the life and thought of Robert Oppenheimer. The author argues that not only are Oppenheimer's ideas important, engaging and relevant, but also more coher…
"Some states have violated international commitments not to develop nuclear weapons. Yet the effects of international sanctions or positive inducements on their internal politics remain highly contested. How have trade, aid, investments, diplomacy, financial measures and militar…
Uncertainty about Soviet intentions and capabilities after the launch of Sputnik required changes in U.S. strategic nuclear policy; Peter J. Roman draws from recently declassified archives to examine one of the most unstable periods in the Cold War. Roman argues that presidentia…
Uncertainty about Soviet intentions and capabilities after the launch of Sputnik required changes in U.S. strategic nuclear policy; Peter J. Roman draws from recently declassified archives to examine one of the most unstable periods in the Cold War. Roman argues that presidentia…
"Dark Beyond Darkness is the first book to take readers deeply inside the experience and calculations of leaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis and to connect that crisis to the nuclear risk today, whether from war between superpowers, climate catastrophe following a regional n…
Introduction and background -- The cyber-nuclear connection -- The U.S. nuclear enterprise -- Cybersecurity lessons for nuclear modernization -- Cyber risks in selected nuclear scenarios -- Designing the cyber-nuclear future : observations and imperatives -- Moving forward. "Th…
"Minuteman describes the technological breakthroughs necessary to field a weapon system that has served as a powerful component of the strategic nuclear triad for more than half a century."--.
The age of Hiroshima
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On August 6, 1945, in the waning days of World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The city's destruction stands as a powerful symbol of nuclear annihilation, but it has also shaped how we think about war and peace, the past and th…
