The bomb : a new history / Stephen M. Younger.
Younger, Stephen Michael, 1951-
2009
QC773.3.U5 Y68 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The bomb : a new history / Stephen M. Younger.
Author
Younger, Stephen Michael, 1951-
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780061537196
0061537195
Publication Details
New York : Ecco Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 238 p. : ill., photos ; 21 cm.
Call Number
QC773.3.U5 Y68 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
623.4/51190973
Summary
From his years in U.S. weapons systems 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, 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. Younger reveals the myths and realities of how these weapons work, and how our nuclear policy evolved to what it is today. Does the United 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.
Note
Includes index.
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Introduction: Why nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century?
A short history of nuclear weapons
How did we arrive at the theory of mutually assured destruction?
Current nuclear arsenals
Targets and targeting
Replacing nuclear weapons with advanced conventional weapons
Nuclear proliferation
Defense against nuclear attack
Maintaining our nuclear forces
The role of nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century.

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