Physics and Nuclear Arms Today
ISBN: 9780883186268 / Angielski / Twarda / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Physics and Nuclear Arms Today is a collection of the best articles written about the arms race which appeared in Physics Today between 1976 and 1989. The articles explore a wide variety of topical issues such as the effects of nuclear weapons, nuclear testing, offensive strategic weapons, defensive SDI or Star Wars weapons, nuclear nonproliferation and the social responsibility of scientists as well as a wide selection of articles which chronicle the history of nuclear weaponry. The authors also represent a broad spectrum of well known names in the physics community including Andrei...
Physics and Nuclear Arms Today is a collection of the best articles written about the arms race which appeared in Physics Today between 1976 and 1989....
|
|
cena:
384,63 zł |
The Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons
ISBN: 9780804761321 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks, no state has unleashed nuclear weapons. What explains this? According to the author, the answer lies in a prohibition inherent in the tradition of non-use, a time-honored obligation that has been adhered to by all nuclear states--thanks to a consensus view that use would have a catastrophic impact on humankind, the environment, and the reputation of the user. The book offers an in-depth analysis of the nuclear policies of the U.S., Russia, China, the UK, France, India, Israel, and Pakistan and assesses the contributions of these states to the...
Since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks, no state has unleashed nuclear weapons. What explains this? According to the author, the answer lies in a pr...
|
|
cena:
142,22 zł |
A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry
ISBN: 9780747598305 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on the much-loved series of Slate articles, journalists Sharon Weinberger and Nathan Hodge present a fascinating, kaleidoscopic portrait of nuclear weaponry
Based on the much-loved series of Slate articles, journalists Sharon Weinberger and Nathan Hodge present a fascinating, kaleidoscopic portrait of nucl...
|
|
cena:
92,23 zł |
After the Bomb: Civil Defence and Nuclear War in Britain, 1945-68
ISBN: 9780230205420 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Civil defence was an integral part of Britain's modern history. Throughout the cold war it was a central response of the British Government to the threat of war. This book is the first history of the preparations to fight a nuclear war taken in Britain between the end of the Second World War and 1968.
Civil defence was an integral part of Britain's modern history. Throughout the cold war it was a central response of the British Government to the thr...
|
|
cena:
461,56 zł |
Proliferation and Emerging Nuclear Order in the Twenty-first Century
ISBN: 9788171887521 / Angielski / Twarda / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Providing timely international perspectives on the emerging nuclear order in Asia, this comprehensive and thought-provoking anthology presents many of the daunting challenges threatening Asia today. Many pressing questions are asked, such as "What are the consequences of a nuclear Iran for west Asian peace and stability?" "Will it give rise to a nuclear quest among the dominant west Asian states?" and "How would the West respond in such an eventuality?" Further exploration of issues concerning the possibility of international cooperation against nuclear proliferation and the causes and...
Providing timely international perspectives on the emerging nuclear order in Asia, this comprehensive and thought-provoking anthology presents many of...
|
|
cena:
140,87 zł |
Nuclear Threats, Nuclear Fear and the Cold War of the 1980s
ISBN: 9781107136281 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together cutting-edge scholarship from the United States and Europe to address political as well as cultural responses to both the arms race of the 1980s and the ascent of nuclear energy as a second, controversial dimension of the nuclear age. Diverse in its topics and disciplinary approaches, Nuclear Threats, Nuclear Fear and the Cold War of the 1980s makes a fundamental contribution to the emerging historiography of the 1980s as a whole. As of now, the era's nuclear tensions have been addressed by scholars mostly from the standpoint of security studies, focused on the...
This book brings together cutting-edge scholarship from the United States and Europe to address political as well as cultural responses to both the ar...
|
|
cena:
582,80 zł |
The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb
ISBN: 9780231136983 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Israel has made a unique contribution to the nuclear age. It has created a special "bargain" with the bomb. Israel is the only nuclear-armed state that does not acknowledge its possession of the bomb, even though its existence is a common knowledge throughout the world. It only says that it will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons to the Middle East. The bomb is Israel's collective ineffable--the nation's last great taboo. This bargain has a name: in Hebrew, it is called amimut, or opacity. By adhering to the bargain, which was born in a secret deal between Richard Nixon...
Israel has made a unique contribution to the nuclear age. It has created a special "bargain" with the bomb. Israel is the only nuclear-armed state tha...
|
|
cena:
515,71 zł |
Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World
ISBN: 9780143116721 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The astonishing biography of a mineral that can sustain our world- or destroy it Uranium occurs naturally in the earth's crust-yet holds the power to end all life on the planet. This is its fundamental paradox, and its story is a fascinating window into the valor, greed, genius, and folly of humanity. A problem for miners in the Middle Ages, an inspiration to novelists and a boon to medicine, a devastat-ing weapon at the end of World War II, and eventually a polluter, killer, excuse for war with Iraq, potential deliverer of Armageddon and a possible last defense against global...
The astonishing biography of a mineral that can sustain our world- or destroy it Uranium occurs naturally in the earth's crust-yet holds ...
|
|
cena:
97,52 zł |
Averting Disaster: Science for Peace in a Perilous Age - The Erice International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies: From 1981 to 2008
ISBN: 9789814289405 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describes one of the most exciting intellectual and political ventures of the later part of the 20th century, of the decades of the Cold War, a period of bristling East-West tension with the omnipresent possibility that its management might get out of hand, and a war of unimaginable proportion and potential damage eruption.
Describes one of the most exciting intellectual and political ventures of the later part of the 20th century, of the decades of the Cold War, a period...
|
|
cena:
278,48 zł |
The Bomb
ISBN: 9780872865099 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a World War II combat soldier, Howard Zinn took part in the aerial bombing of Royan, France. Two decades later, he was invited to visit Hiroshima and meet survivors of the atomic attack. In this short and powerful book, Zinn offers his deep personal reflections and political analysis of these events, their consequences, and the profound influence they had in transforming him from an order-taking combat soldier to one of our greatest anti-authoritarian, antiwar historians. This book was finalized just prior to Zinn's passing in January 2010, and is published on the sixty-fifth... As a World War II combat soldier, Howard Zinn took part in the aerial bombing of Royan, France. Two decades later, he was invited to visit Hiroshim... |
|
cena:
56,69 zł |
Exporting the Bomb: Technology Transfer and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons
ISBN: 9780801476402 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a vitally important book for anyone interested in nuclear proliferation, defense strategy, or international security, Matthew Kroenig points out that nearly every country with a nuclear weapons arsenal received substantial help at some point from a more advanced nuclear state. Why do some countries help others to develop nuclear weapons? Many analysts assume that nuclear transfers are driven by economic considerations. States in dire economic need, they suggest, export sensitive nuclear materials and technology and ignore the security risk in a desperate search for hard... In a vitally important book for anyone interested in nuclear proliferation, defense strategy, or international security, Matthew Kroenig points out... |
|
cena:
149,50 zł |
Exporting the Bomb
ISBN: 9780801448577 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a vitally important book for anyone interested in nuclear proliferation, defense strategy, or international security, Matthew Kroenig points out that nearly every country with a nuclear weapons arsenal received substantial help at some point from a more advanced nuclear state. Why do some countries help others to develop nuclear weapons? Many analysts assume that nuclear transfers are driven by economic considerations. States in dire economic need, they suggest, export sensitive nuclear materials and technology and ignore the security risk in a desperate search for hard... In a vitally important book for anyone interested in nuclear proliferation, defense strategy, or international security, Matthew Kroenig points out... |
|
cena:
598,22 zł |
When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
ISBN: 9781597975179 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1961 at the Bay of Pigs, CIA-trained and -organized Cuban exiles aiming to overthrow Fidel Castro were soundly defeated. Most were taken prisoner by Cuban armed forces. Fearing another U.S. invasion of its new ally, the Soviet Union sneaked into Cuba strategic missiles tipped with nuclear warheads and Soviet troops armed with tactical nuclear weapons. However, a U-2 spy plane flight would soon find the Soviet missile sites, thus sparking the famous missile crisis. For thirteen terrifying days, the world watched nervously as the two superpowers moved toward escalation, holding the world's...
In 1961 at the Bay of Pigs, CIA-trained and -organized Cuban exiles aiming to overthrow Fidel Castro were soundly defeated. Most were taken prisoner b...
|
|
cena:
162,34 zł |
Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons
ISBN: 9780415590327 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pakistan is a vitally important country in the contemporary global political system. It is a de facto nuclear state, and a pivotal country in the War on Terror. This book provides a comprehensive study of a nuclear-armed Pakistan, investigating the implications of its emergence as a nuclear weapons state. Setting out the historical background of Pakistani nuclear development, the book examines the lessons for proliferation that can be drawn from the Pakistan case. It explains the changes and continuities of Pakistan's nuclear policy, assessing its emerging force posture and the implications...
Pakistan is a vitally important country in the contemporary global political system. It is a de facto nuclear state, and a pivotal country in the War ...
|
|
cena:
226,86 zł |
The Highway of the Atom
ISBN: 9780773537835 / Angielski / Twarda / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The surprising story of the atomic bomb's origins in Canada's North.
The surprising story of the atomic bomb's origins in Canada's North.
|
|
cena:
190,82 zł |
A Skeptic's Case for Nuclear Disarmament
ISBN: 9780815705079 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2007 two former U.S. secretaries of state, a defense secretary, and a former senator wrote persuasively in the "Wall Street Journal" that the time had come to move seriously toward a nuclear-free world. Almost two years later, the Global Zero movement was born with its chief aim to rid the world of such weapons once and for all by 2030. But is it realistic or even wise to envision a world without nuclear weapons? More and more people seem to think so. Barack Obama has declared "America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." But that is easier... In 2007 two former U.S. secretaries of state, a defense secretary, and a former senator wrote persuasively in the "Wall Street Journal" that the ti... |
|
cena:
135,71 zł |
Iran and Nuclear Weapons: Protracted Conflict and Proliferation
ISBN: 9780415664547 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book investigates what is driving Iran's nuclear weapons programme in a less-hostile regional environment, using a theory of protracted conflicts to explicate proliferation. Iran's nuclear weapons program has alarmed the international community since the 1990s, but has come to the forefront of international security concerns since 2000. This book argues that Iran's hostility with the United States remains the major causal factor for its proliferation activities. With the US administration pursuing aggressive foreign policies towards Iran since 2000, the latter's... This book investigates what is driving Iran's nuclear weapons programme in a less-hostile regional environment, using a theory of protracted confli... |
|
cena:
97,93 zł |
Israel vs. Iran: The Shadow War
ISBN: 9781597976688 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The shadow war between Israel and Iran has been raging for more than three decades, ever since the Iranian revolution of 1979 ushered in a fundamentalist regime whose sworn enemies have consistently included, first and foremost, Israel and the United States. Israel, especially, has borne the brunt of attacks from Iran's two most powerful proxies--Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran's nuclear ambitions raise the stakes immeasurably. Israel vs. Iran evaluates the threat to Israel's security posed by a nuclear Iran, including competing perceptions of the threat, and analyzes...
The shadow war between Israel and Iran has been raging for more than three decades, ever since the Iranian revolution of 1979 ushered in a fundamental...
|
|
cena:
142,02 zł |
Over the Horizon Proliferation Threats
ISBN: 9780804774000 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In every decade of the nuclear era, one or two states have developed nuclear weapons despite the international community's opposition to proliferation. In the coming years, the breakdown of security arrangements, especially in the Middle East and Northeast Asia, could drive additional countries to seek their own nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) weapons and missiles. This likely would produce greater instability, more insecure states, and further proliferation. Are there steps concerned countries can take to anticipate, prevent, or dissuade the next generation of proliferators? Are... In every decade of the nuclear era, one or two states have developed nuclear weapons despite the international community's opposition to proliferat... |
|
cena:
673,13 zł |
Over the Horizon Proliferation Threats
ISBN: 9780804774017 / Angielski / Miękka / 327 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In every decade of the nuclear era, one or two states have developed nuclear weapons despite the international community's opposition to proliferation. In the coming years, the breakdown of security arrangements, especially in the Middle East and Northeast Asia, could drive additional countries to seek their own nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) weapons and missiles. This likely would produce greater instability, more insecure states, and further proliferation. Are there steps concerned countries can take to anticipate, prevent, or dissuade the next generation of proliferators? Are there...
In every decade of the nuclear era, one or two states have developed nuclear weapons despite the international community's opposition to proliferation...
|
|
cena:
154,41 zł |