1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455336903321

Autore

Gerson Joseph

Titolo

Empire and the bomb [[electronic resource] ] : how the U.S. uses nuclear weapons to dominate the world / / Joseph Gerson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pluto Press published in association with American Friends Service Committee, 2007

ISBN

1-84964-304-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

355.0217

Soggetti

Nuclear warfare

Nuclear disarmament

Electronic books.

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Deadly connections: empire and nuclear weapons -- First nuclear terrorism--Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- Postwar Asia--targeting Korea and China -- The Cuban missile crisis--prestige, credibility, and power -- Vietnam: failures of nuclear diplomacy -- The Middle East: monopolizing "The prize" -- Nukes and the new world order--what we say goes -- "Romance of ruthlessness"--seven minutes to midnight -- Abolition or annihilation.