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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826382303321
• Autore: Siracusa Joseph M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-34124-X; 9786611341244; 0-19-152801-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 pages)
• Collana: Very short introductions ; ; 179
• Disciplina: 355.825119; 623.4/5119
• Soggetti: Nuclear weapons; Nuclear weapons - History; Nuclear arms control
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-138) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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