Much of the work on nuclear proliferation has focused on why states pursue nuclear weapons. The question of how states pursue nuclear weapons has received little attention. Seeking the Bomb is the first book to analyze this topic by examining which strategies of nuclear prolifer…
The Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons had many opponents when, in 1995, it came up for extension. The majority of parties opposed extension, and experts expected a limited extension as countries sought alternative means to manage nuclear weapons. But against all pre…
From July to December in 1945, ten German scientists, Bagge, Diebner, Gerlach, Hahn, Harteck, Heisenberg, Korsching, von Laue, von Weizsacker, and Wirtz, were held and clandestinely recorded by the British. The scientists discuss their progress and react to the bombing of Hirosh…
Countering the risks of North Korean nuclear weapons
by Bennett, Bruce W., Choi, Kang, Go, Myong-Hyun
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In the Shadow of the Bomb narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists--J. Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A. Bethe--came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. In 1945, the United States dropped the bomb, and physicists were forced to contemplat…
How alliances (mis)manage nuclear proliferation -- American security guarantees during the Cold War, 1949-1980 -- West Germany, 1954-1970 -- Japan, 1952-1980 -- South Korea, 1968-1980 -- Nuclear proliferation and other American alliances "This book looks at what makes alliances…
"This book looks at what makes alliances so credible as to prevent nuclear proliferation, how alliances can break down and encourage nuclear proliferation, and whether security guarantors like the United States can use their alliance ties to end the nuclear efforts of their alli…
