LEADER 02801nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910778559803321 005 20230721023132.0 010 $a0-19-773289-5 010 $a1-282-32884-0 010 $a9786612328848 010 $a0-19-970087-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000807531 035 $a(EBL)472331 035 $a(OCoLC)601050737 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000543018 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12202968 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543018 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10518830 035 $a(PQKB)10460829 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000356869 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11286641 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356869 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10351572 035 $a(PQKB)11018264 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472331 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10346475 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL232884 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472331 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000807531 100 $a20090402d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAtomic obsession$b[electronic resource] $enuclear alarmism from Hiroshima to al Qaeda /$fJohn Mueller 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-983709-0 311 $a0-19-538136-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; I. THE IMPACT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS; II. THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS; III. THE ATOMIC TERRORIST?; Notes; References; Index; About the Author 330 $aSince 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 nucl 606 $aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009 606 $aNuclear weapons 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zJapan$zHiroshima-shi 607 $aHiroshima-shi (Japan)$xHistory$yBombardment, 1945 615 0$aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009. 615 0$aNuclear weapons. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 676 $a355.0217 700 $aMueller$b John E$0681031 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778559803321 996 $aAtomic obsession$93756419 997 $aUNINA