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Nuclear Weapons' Role in 21st Century U.S Policy
ISBN: 9781607414780 / Angielski / Twarda / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Highlights the role of nuclear weapons in 21st century US policy. This book consists of public documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.
Highlights the role of nuclear weapons in 21st century US policy. This book consists of public documents which have been located, gathered, combined, ...
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643,14 zł |
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Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia: Crisis Behaviour and the Bomb
ISBN: 9780415582117 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This edited volume explores competing perspectives on the impact of nuclear weapons proliferation on the South Asian security environment. The spread of nuclear weapons is one of the world's foremost security concerns. The effect of nuclear weapons on the behaviour of newly nuclear states, and the potential for future international crises, are of particular concern. As a region of burgeoning economic and political importance, South Asia offers a crucial test of proliferation's effects on the crisis behaviour of newly nuclear states. This volume creates a dialogue between... This edited volume explores competing perspectives on the impact of nuclear weapons proliferation on the South Asian security environment. <... |
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228,18 zł |
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Nuclear Insights: The Cold War Legacy: Nuclear Weaponry (An Insider History)
ISBN: 9780977773428 / Angielski / Miękka / 546 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This first of two volumes reviews the history of nuclear-weapons development during the Cold War, as well as attempts to limit and control the nuclear arms race.
This first of two volumes reviews the history of nuclear-weapons development during the Cold War, as well as attempts to limit and control the nuclear...
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91,29 zł |
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Obama's Nuclear Posture Review: Or, We Won't Nuke You Unless You Are a Really Bad Country, or We Change Our Minds
ISBN: 9781608880362 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The full text of the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review submitted to President Obama by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates. This document lays out the nuclear strategy for the United States. The most important provision of the document is a revision of the declared conditions under which the United States would carry out first use of nuclear weapons. Liberals regard this as a "no change" document, conservatives as a dangerously wimpy concession to political correctness. Own and read the full text and judge for yourself.
The full text of the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review submitted to President Obama by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates. This document lays out the nucl...
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102,20 zł |
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At the Edge of the Abyss: A Declassified Documentary History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
ISBN: 9781934941898 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the last two weeks of October 1962, the world came closer to nuclear warfare than it ever has. For 14 tense days, United States President John F Kennedy and Soviet Premiere Nikita Kruschev stood eyeball to eyeball, each with his hand on the nuclear trigger. In the end, both sides blinked. This volume is a collection of declassified documents from American and Soviet archives, detailing the history of those two weeks. Preface gives an overview and timeline of the crisis.
In the last two weeks of October 1962, the world came closer to nuclear warfare than it ever has. For 14 tense days, United States President John F Ke...
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98,23 zł |
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Broken Arrow No.1: The World's First Lost Atomic Bomb
ISBN: 9780888395962 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On a cold, windy February night off the coast of BC in 1950, a new B36 United States Air Force bomber experienced catastrophic engine failures. The aircraft was carrying one of the first two Mark-4 atomic bombs ever loaned to the USAF by the Atomic Energy Commission. This book examines what happened in the preparation for the mission.
On a cold, windy February night off the coast of BC in 1950, a new B36 United States Air Force bomber experienced catastrophic engine failures. The ai...
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97,13 zł |
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Exterminism and Cold War
ISBN: 9780860917465 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of essays on the nuclear revolution and the end of the Cold War by E. P. Thompson, Mike Davis, Raymond Williams, Rudolf Bahro, Lucio Magri, Etienne Balibar, Roy and Zhores Medvedev, John Cox, Saburo Kugai, Marcus Raskin, Noam Chomsky, Alan Wolfe, Mary Kaldorf and Fred Halliday.
A collection of essays on the nuclear revolution and the end of the Cold War by E. P. Thompson, Mike Davis, Raymond Williams, Rudolf Bahro, Lucio Magr...
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130,19 zł |
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Nuclear Ambitions & Issues in the Middle East
ISBN: 9781616683535 / Angielski / Twarda / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents the nuclear ambitions and issues of Middle Eastern countries such as - Iran, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and India. This book provides background information on the nuclear programs of these countries, reviews the developments, analyses proposed nuclear co-operation with the US and discusses relevant legislative proposals and options.
Presents the nuclear ambitions and issues of Middle Eastern countries such as - Iran, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and India. This book provides bac...
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897,30 zł |
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Nuclear Weapons Policy
ISBN: 9781611220070 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Because of the immense military power they can confer, the political control of nuclear weapons has been a key issue for as long as they have existed. This book presents information on the policy put in place by the United States government to control the output of nuclear weapons.
Because of the immense military power they can confer, the political control of nuclear weapons has been a key issue for as long as they have existed....
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274,86 zł |
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15 Minutes: General Curtis Lemay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation
ISBN: 9781250002082 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Packed with startling revelations, this inside look at the secret side of the Cold War exposes just how close America came to total annihilation " Over two thousand loaded bombers that crossed American skies.... "Packed with startling revelations, this inside look at the secret side of the Cold War exposes just how close America came to total annihilation "... |
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99,94 zł |
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The Fate of the Earth and The Abolition
ISBN: 9780804737050 / Angielski / Twarda / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now combined in one volume, these two books helped focus national attention in the early 1980s on the movement for a nuclear freeze. "The Fate of the Earth" painted a chilling picture of the planet in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust, while "The Abolition" offered a proposal for full-scale nuclear disarmament. With the recent tensions in India and Pakistan, and concerns about nuclear proliferation around the globe, public attention is once again focused on the worldwide nuclear situation. The author is at the forefront of the discussion. In February 1998, his lengthy essay constituted the...
Now combined in one volume, these two books helped focus national attention in the early 1980s on the movement for a nuclear freeze. "The Fate of the ...
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248,98 zł |
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The Nuclear Age in Popular Media: A Transnational History, 1945-1965
ISBN: 9780230340909 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the world to to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges.
The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached...
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424,07 zł |
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How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III
ISBN: 9781416594222 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this startling book, now in paperback, the bestselling author of Explaining Hitler warns that a nuclear World War III is not only the most massive and imminent threat to existence as we know it, but also one of the most ignored. While Russian aggression grows and North Korean nuclear ambitions increase unabated, tensions continue to escalate between India and Pakistan and in the Middle East. Meanwhile, Iran remains committed to developing its nuclear program despite international sanctions. No other writer has assembled the extraordinary array of sources and...
In this startling book, now in paperback, the bestselling author of Explaining Hitler warns that a nuclear World War III is not only...
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86,90 zł |
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
ISBN: 9781451677614 / Angielski / Miękka / 896 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twenty-five years after its initial publication, The Making of the Atomic Bomb remains the definitive history of nuclear weapons and the Manhattan Project. From the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan, Richard Rhodes's Pulitzer Prize-winning book details the science, the people, and the socio-political realities that led to the development of the atomic bomb. This sweeping account begins in the 19th century, with the discovery of nuclear fission, and continues to World War Two and the Americans' race to beat Hitler's Nazis....
Twenty-five years after its initial publication, The Making of the Atomic Bomb remains the definitive history of nuclear weapons and the Manhat...
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104,33 zł |
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Defense's Nuclear Agency 1947-1997 (DTRA History Series)
ISBN: 9781780394527 / Angielski / Twarda / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This official history was originally printed in very small numbers in 2002. "Defenses Nuclear Agency, 1947-1997" traces the development of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (AFSWP), and its descendant government organizations, from its original founding in 1947 to 1997. After the disestablishment of the Manhattan Engineering District (MED) in 1947, AFSWP was formed to provide military training in nuclear weapons operations. Over the years, its sequential descendant organizations have been the Defense Atomic Support Agency (DASA) from 1959 to 1971, the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) from...
This official history was originally printed in very small numbers in 2002. "Defenses Nuclear Agency, 1947-1997" traces the development of the Armed F...
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262,64 zł |
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Russian Nuclear Weaposn: Past, Present and Future
ISBN: 9781780399928 / Angielski / Miękka / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents several essays analyzing Russias extensive nuclear agenda and the issues connected with it. It deals with strategy, doctrine, European, Eurasian, and East Asian security agendas, as well as the central U.S.-Russia nuclear and arms control equations. This work brings together American, European, and Russian analysts to discuss Russias defense and conventional forces reforms and their impact on nuclear forces, doctrine, strategy, and the critical issues of Russian security policies toward the United States, Europe, and China. It also deals directly with the present and future...
This book presents several essays analyzing Russias extensive nuclear agenda and the issues connected with it. It deals with strategy, doctrine, Europ...
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126,90 zł |
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Nuclear Strategy
ISBN: 9788187966708 / Angielski / Twarda / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. May 1998 marked the culmination of the long debate on India's nuclear status. It also initiated the country's journey towards credible, nuclear deterrence. Over the last decade, India has taken many steps down this path, with varying degrees of speed, levels of transparency and measures of success. Nuclear policy-making is traditionally shrouded in secrecy. But, for credible deterrence, the mystery must be balanced with some transparency. Surprise in military capability and tactics is a virtue of conventional warfare, but credible nuclear deterrence demands a demonstration of capability, the...
May 1998 marked the culmination of the long debate on India's nuclear status. It also initiated the country's journey towards credible, nuclear deterr...
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374,84 zł |
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Sipri Yearbook 1987: World Armaments and Disarmament
ISBN: 9780198291145 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in its eighteenth year, the Yearbook of World Armaments and Disarmament brings together information on world armaments and the efforts made to limit or reduce them. Compiled from open sources by an international staff working on neutral ground, the yearbook examines pressing issues such as nuclear and space weapons, chemical and biological warfare and military technology, and military expenditure and the arms trade. The 1987 Yearbook devotes a special features section to such critical topics as the Chernobyl reactor accident, comprehensive test ban and verification issues, and South...
Now in its eighteenth year, the Yearbook of World Armaments and Disarmament brings together information on world armaments and the efforts made to lim...
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1210,23 zł |
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The Politics of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia
ISBN: 9781409426257 / Angielski / Twarda / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An important and critical re-evaluation of South Asia's post-tests nuclear politics, in contrast to other books, this volume emphasises the political dimension of South Asia's nuclear weapons, explains how the bombs are used as politico-strategic assets rather than pure battlefield weapons and how India and Pakistan utilise them for politico-strategic purposes in an extremely complex and competitive South Asian strategic landscape. Written by a group of perceptive observers of South Asia, this volume evaluates the current state of Indo-Pakistani nuclear deterrents, the challenges that the two...
An important and critical re-evaluation of South Asia's post-tests nuclear politics, in contrast to other books, this volume emphasises the political ...
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778,05 zł |
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The Oppenheimer Conspiracy
ISBN: 9781463531225 / Angielski / Miękka / 550 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book debunks the false premise that Robert Oppenheimer was the victim of Mccarthyism. He was, in fact, a Soviet master spy who was hailed as a hero.
This book debunks the false premise that Robert Oppenheimer was the victim of Mccarthyism. He was, in fact, a Soviet master spy who was hailed as a he...
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86,68 zł |
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