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Reed Thomas C |
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The nuclear express : a political history of the bomb and its proliferation / / Thomas C. Reed and Danny B. Stillman |
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Minneapolis, : Zenith Press, 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Nuclear weapons - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""CONTENTS""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""CHAPTER 1: BIG NEWS: FISSION RELEASES NEUTRONS!""; ""CHAPTER 2: LOS ALAMOS: A FIRST, BUT NOT THE LAST""; ""CHAPTER 3: THE RAIDS ON JAPAN""; ""CHAPTER 4: THE U.S.S.R. AND THE UNITED KINGDOM: UNINTENDED PARTNERS""; ""CHAPTER 5: FIRST ATTEMPTS AT CONTROLS""; ""CHAPTER 6: FRANCE AND ISRAEL: THE APPRENTICES""; ""CHAPTER 7: CHINA BREAKS THE EUROPEAN CARTEL""; ""CHAPTER 8: NUCLEAR MATURITY COMES TO THE LITTLE THREE""; ""CHAPTER 9: STRUGGLING WITH THE BARN DOOR""; ""CHAPTER 10: CHANGES OF STATE IN THE MIDEAST AND SOUTH ASIA""; ""CHAPTER 11: SOUTH AFRICA"" |
""CHAPTER 12: THE SOVIET UNION""""CHAPTER 13: THE ONCE-NUCLEAR SOVIET REPUBLICS""; ""CHAPTER 14: CHINA'S DECADE OF NUCLEAR TRANSPARENCY""; ""CHAPTER 15: THE FAKIRS: INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND NORTH KOREA""; ""CHAPTER 16: FINGERPRINTS""; ""CHAPTER 17: STAR AND CRESCENT RISING""; ""CHAPTER 18: GEORGES-ANTOINE KURTZ IS ALIVE AND WELL""; ""CHAPTER 19: WHY?""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""Y""; ""APPENDICES""; ""A: THE PHYSICS OF NUCLEAR WEAPON DESIGN"" |
""B: BOMBING MISSIONS OVER JAPAN BY THE 393rd (NUCLEAR) BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, JULY 20, AUGUST 14, 1945""""C: U.S. AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS ABOARD""; ""D: PRINCIPAL SOVIET NUCLEAR PRODUCTION FACILITIES""; ""E: NOTES ON D. B. STILLMAN'S TEN VISITS TO THE CHINESE NUCLEAR WEAPON |
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COMPLEX, 1990-2001""; ""F: CHRONOLOGY""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
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