Nuclear weapons : a very short introduction / Joseph M. Siracusa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siracusa, Joseph M.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 179.

Very short introductions ; 179

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons--History.

Nuclear arms control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Summary:

In a fluid and uncertain world, wracked by fears of terrorism, the Bomb matters. Indeed it may matter more today than at any time before or during the Cold War. This book reveals why - providing a lucid and chilling account of nuclear weapons, their history, their role in global politics, and how we have - so far - managed to avoid armageddon. - ;Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Bomb is still the biggest threat that faces us in the 21st century. As Bill Clinton's first secretary of defence, Les Aspin, aptly put it: 'The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union

Contents:

1 What are nuclear weapons?; 2 Building the bomb; 3 'A choice between the quick and the dead'; 4 Race for the H-bomb; 5 Nuclear deterrence and arms control; 6 Star Wars; 7 Nuclear weapons in the age of terrorism; References and further reading; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-138) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-34124-X

9786611341244

0-19-152801-3

OCLC:

476243561