LEADER 02797nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910826382303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-34124-X 010 $a9786611341244 010 $a0-19-152801-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000535729 035 $a(EBL)415598 035 $a(OCoLC)476243561 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000212728 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11184849 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212728 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10138380 035 $a(PQKB)10491827 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415598 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415598 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10229900 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL134124 035 $a(OCoLC)437093953 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000535729 100 $a20080414d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 181 $csti$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNuclear weapons $ea very short introduction /$fJoseph M. Siracusa 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (161 pages) 225 1 $aVery short introductions ;$v179 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-19-922954-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 130-138) and index. 327 $a1 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; 330 $aIn a fluid and uncertain world, wracked by fears of terrorism, the Bomb matters. Indeed it may matter more today than at any time before or during the Cold War. This book reveals why - providing a lucid and chilling account of nuclear weapons, their history, their role in global politics, and how we have - so far - managed to avoid armageddon. - ;Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Bomb is still the biggest threat that faces us in the 21st century. As Bill Clinton's first secretary of defence, Les Aspin, aptly put it: 'The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union 410 0$aVery short introductions ;$v179. 606 $aNuclear weapons 606 $aNuclear weapons$xHistory 606 $aNuclear arms control 615 0$aNuclear weapons. 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xHistory. 615 0$aNuclear arms control. 676 $a355.825119 676 $a623.4/5119 676 $a355.825119 700 $aSiracusa$b Joseph M$0191502 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826382303321 996 $aNuclear weapons$93967727 997 $aUNINA