Face to face with the bomb : nuclear reality after the Cold War / photographs and text by Paul Shambroom ; with an introduction by Richard Rhodes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shambroom, Paul, 1956-

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--United States--Pictorial works.

Nuclear weapons.

Defenses.

United States--Defenses--Pictorial works.

United States.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

xix, 121 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 25 x 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Despite the end of the Cold War, nuclear disarmament remains one of the most contentious issues in international relations. Potential instability in Russia and the former Soviet republics has heightened concerns about the control of nuclear stockpiles, and in the wake of September 11, the possibility that terrorists might obtain and use nuclear weapons has become frighteningly real. In this book, photographer Paul Shambroom documents the nuclear reality we have created in a series of images that offer an inside look at America's nuclear arsenal.

Contents:

Bombers

Intercontinental ballistic missiles

Submarines

Command, control, and communications (c3)

The twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118).

ISBN:

0801872022

OCLC:

49681225