A - Z of Nuclear Jargon (Routledge Revivals)

Informationen zum Autor Jonathon Green is the author of the Cassell Dictionary of Slang (1998) and Green's Dictionary of Slang (2010), for which he was awarded the 2012 Dartmouth Medal for the most outstanding reference work of the year. He has also written a history of lexicography, Chasing the Sun (1996), the legendary oral history of the British counterculture, Days in the Life (1988), several other oral histories and All Dressed Up: The Sixties and the Counterculture (1998). He lives in London and Paris. Klappentext First published in 1986, the purpose of this dictionary is to clarify the technology behind nuclear jargon. The entries deal with all areas of nuclear warfare: its strategies and tactics, personnel and weapons systems, arms control and disarmament talks. The terminology of the nuclear age expands and changes as fast as the weapon and strategies it describes; the dictionary therefore covers a span ranging from the first tentative post-Hiroshima ideas and systems through to the near-fictions of the 'Star Wars' initiative. Zusammenfassung First published in 1986, the purpose of this dictionary is to clarify the technology behind nuclear jargon. The entries deal with all areas of nuclear warfare: its strategies and tactics, personnel and weapons systems, arms control and disarmament talks. The terminology of the nuclear age expands and changes as fast as the weapon and strategies it describes; the dictionary therefore covers a span ranging from the first tentative post-Hiroshima ideas and systems through to the near-fictions of the ‘Star Wars’ initiative. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; The A-Z of Nuclear Jargon; Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Jonathon Green
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2015
• EAN: 9780415732703
• ISBN: 978-0-415-73270-3
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; HISTORY / Military / General, military history, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Literature: history & criticism, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Dialect, slang & jargon, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Warfare and defence, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Literature: history and criticism, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary, Dialect, slang and jargon