Publication

2009 - Ecco Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

59,500 words, Guess

Page Count

238 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780061537196
  • Open LibraryOL23972841M

Classifications

  • DDC623.4/51190973
  • LCCQC773.3.U5 Y68 2009
  • LCCU264.3 .Y68 2009
and 1 more
  • LCCQC773.3.U58 Y78 2009

Description

From his years at Los Alamos and the Nevada test site to his meetings with nuclear arms experts in Moscow, former weapons designer Stephen M. Younger has witnessed firsthand the making of nuclear policy. With a deep understanding of both the technology and the politics behind nuclear weapons, he guides us from the Manhattan Project to the Cold War and into the present day, illuminating how nuclear weapons fit into our globalized, war-plagued world. Does the Unites States genuinely need a massive stockpile in an era of precision bombs and missile defense? Under what circumstances might we need nuclear weapons in the future? How does the proliferation of weapons in the hands of other nations affect our own nuclear policy?--From publisher description.

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  • The bomb: a new historyEcco Press2009-01-01
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