China Builds the Bomb / John W. Lewis, Litai Xue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, John W., Author.

Xue, Litai, Author.

Series:

Studies in International Security and Arms Control

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Maps, Tables, and Figures

Foreword

1. China's Quest for Security

2. American Power and Chinese Strategy, 1953-1955

3.The Strategic Decision and Its Consequences

4. The Uranium Challenge

5. The Production of Fissionable Material

6. The Design and Manufacture of the Bomb

7. The Final Countdown

8. Strategic Doctrines and the Hydrogen Bomb

9. Chinese Lessons and the Global Nuclear Experience

Appendixes

A. Statement of the Government of the People's Republic of China, October 16, 1964

B. China's Nuclear Weapons Tests, 1964-1978

C. Key Figures in China's Nuclear Weapons Program, I954-1967

Notes

References Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-2147-2