02801nam 2200685Ia 450 991077855980332120230721023132.00-19-773289-51-282-32884-097866123288480-19-970087-7(CKB)1000000000807531(EBL)472331(OCoLC)601050737(SSID)ssj0000543018(PQKBManifestationID)12202968(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543018(PQKBWorkID)10518830(PQKB)10460829(SSID)ssj0000356869(PQKBManifestationID)11286641(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356869(PQKBWorkID)10351572(PQKB)11018264(Au-PeEL)EBL472331(CaPaEBR)ebr10346475(CaONFJC)MIL232884(MiAaPQ)EBC472331(EXLCZ)99100000000080753120090402d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAtomic obsession[electronic resource] nuclear alarmism from Hiroshima to al Qaeda /John MuellerNew York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-983709-0 0-19-538136-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; I. THE IMPACT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS; II. THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS; III. THE ATOMIC TERRORIST?; Notes; References; Index; About the AuthorSince the end of World War Two, the use of nuclear weapons has been America's-and the world's-worst nightmare. But they have never actually been used, despite the fact that an ever-increasing number of countries have obtained them. Our fear levels remain as high as ever today, but are they justified? Eminent international relations scholar John Mueller thinks not, and this highly provocative work, he contends that our overriding concern about nuclear weapons borders on an obsession unsupported by either history or logic. Drawing on the history of the entire atomic era, Mueller argues that nuclWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009Nuclear weaponsWorld War, 1939-1945JapanHiroshima-shiHiroshima-shi (Japan)HistoryBombardment, 1945War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.Nuclear weapons.World War, 1939-1945355.0217Mueller John E681031MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778559803321Atomic obsession3756419UNINA