The new nuclear danger : George W. Bush's military-industrial complex / Helen Caldicott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caldicott, Helen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--United States.

Nuclear weapons.

Arms race.

History.

United States.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

Arms race--History--21st century.

Nuclear warfare.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Military-industrial complex--United States.

Military-industrial complex.

Physical Description:

xx, 263 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2002.

Contents:

1. The Tragedy of Wasted Opportunities 1

2. The Reality of Nuclear War 7

3. It's a Mad, Mad World: Nuclear Scientists and the Pentagon Play with Deadly Gadgets 13

4. Corporate Madness and the Death Merchants 24

5. Manhattan II 43

6. Star Wars: The Story of National Missile Defense Systems 71

7. Space: The Next American Empire 115

8. Nuclear War in the Gulf and Kosovo 145

9. The Lockheed Martin Presidency and the Star Wars Administration 162

Appendix A Major U.S. Nuclear-Weapons Makers 189

Appendix B U.S. Nuclear-Weapons Control Centers and Government Authorities 205

Appendix C Locations of the Majority of Usable U.S. Nuclear Weapons 209

Appendix D Major Antinuclear Organizations in the United States, Great Britain, and Russia 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-243) and index.

ISBN:

1565847407

OCLC:

48383598