1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449953103321

Autore

Powaski Ronald E.

Titolo

Return to Armageddon : the United States and the nuclear arms race, 1981-1999 / / Ronald E. Powaski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2000]

©2000

ISBN

0-19-028967-8

1-60256-740-9

1-280-83817-5

0-19-516098-3

1-280-45249-8

9786610452491

1-4237-4110-2

0-19-535596-2

0-19-518571-4

1-60256-108-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

327.1747

Soggetti

Arms race - History - 20th century

Nuclear weapons

Electronic books.

United States Military policy

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Nuclear Arms Race, 1939-1981; 1 The Reagan Nuclear Buildup; 2 The Reagan About-Face; 3 Bush and START I; 4 Bush and START II; 5 Clinton, START II, and the ABM Treaty; 6 Clinton, and Counterproliferation; Conclusion: The Enduring Nuclear Threat; Afterword; Acronyms and Technical Terms; Notes; Suggested Readings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

During the Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations, the United States, through its victory in the Cold War, led the world away from the



brink of nuclear annihilation, and then slowly became aware of the increased threat of nuclear confrontation in a world more splintered than ever before.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393133003316

Autore

Taylor John <1580-1653.>

Titolo

The diseases of the times or, the distempers of the Common-wealth [[electronic resource] ] : Succinctly describing each particular disease wherin the kingdome is troubled. Contracted into these heads. viz. 1. The immedicable tumour of faction. 2. The strange diffusion of Brownianisme. 3. The stupendeous inundaton of heresie. 4. The desperate swelling of obstinacy. 5. The dangerous disease of feminine divinity. 6. The aspiring ambition of presumption. 7. The audacious height of disobedience. 8. The painted deceitfulnesse of hypocrisie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for R.T., [1642]

Descrizione fisica

[8] p

Soggetti

Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Refers to Thomas Jordan's A medicine for the times, printed 1641. Attributed to Taylor by the Harvard College Library.

Date of publication from Wing.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018