LEADER 04044nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910455336903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84964-304-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000802640 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933592 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000416746 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11319939 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416746 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10437517 035 $a(PQKB)10115935 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386217 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386217 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479705 035 $a(OCoLC)656260939 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000802640 100 $a20070917d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmpire and the bomb$b[electronic resource] $ehow the U.S. uses nuclear weapons to dominate the world /$fJoseph Gerson 210 $aLondon $cPluto Press published in association with American Friends Service Committee$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-2494-0 311 $a0-7453-2495-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDeadly 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. 330 $b'As Americans, we need to face up to our own reliance on nuclear intimidation. This is an important book for Americans of all political stripes to read.' Cynthia Enloe, author of The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire"e;At a time when nuclear weapons are increasingly in the political spotlight, this book is essential reading ... Joseph Gerson has provided a work of the utmost importance: a key to understanding - and challenging - US global domination and its nuclear core."e; Kate Hudson, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament"e;Brilliant. I have not read a more important book in many years. Gerson has uncovered the radioactive vein in our secret foreign policy. ... Gerson's work helps us understand why the likelihood of nuclear war is greater now than before the fall of the Berlin Wall. A terrific book."e; Daniel Ellsberg, former senior Pentagon official and co-author of The Pentagon Papers The United States is the only country to have dropped the atomic bomb. Since the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, every U.S. president has threatened nuclear war.This concise history shows how the U.S. has used nuclear weapons to bolster its imperial ambitions. Leading nuclear specialist and peace campaigner Joseph Gerson explains why atomic weapons were first built and used -- and how the U.S. uses them today to preserve its global empire. Gerson reveals how and why the U.S. made more than twenty threats of nuclear attack during the Cold War -- against Russia, China, Vietnam, and the Middle East. He shows how such threats continued under Presidents Bush and Clinton, and George W. Bush.The book concludes with an appeal for nuclear weapons abolition and an overview of the history of the anti-nuclear movement. Drawing from a wide range of sources, this fascinating and timely account shows how the U.S. has used nuclear weapons to dominate the world. 606 $aNuclear warfare 606 $aNuclear disarmament 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNuclear warfare. 615 0$aNuclear disarmament. 676 $a355.0217 700 $aGerson$b Joseph$0956822 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455336903321 996 $aEmpire and the bomb$92167160 997 $aUNINA