Nuclear Weapon

Informationen zum Autor Joseph M. Siracusa is Professor in International Studies and Director of Global Studies! at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He is internationally known for his writings on nuclear history! diplomacy and presidential politics! and is also a frequent political affairs commentator in the Australian media! including ABC Radio National. He has worked at Merrill Lynch! in Boston; in the Department of History! University of Queensland; and served as a seniorvisiting fellow in the Key Centre for Ethics! Law! Justice and Governance! Griffith University. Among his numerous books are The American Diplomatic Revolution: A Documentary History of the Cold War; A History of United States Foreign Policy; Depression to Cold War (with David G.Coleman); Presidential Profiles: The Kennedy Years; and Real-World Nuclear Deterrence (with David G. Coleman). Klappentext An accessible and eye-opening background to the most deadly weapon ever invented! this takes an up to date view and examines contemporary controversies such as the US National Missile Defence system. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ; 1. 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 & Further Reading

Product details

• Authors: Joseph M Siracusa, Joseph M. Siracusa
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2008
• EAN: 9780199229543
• ISBN: 978-0-19-922954-3
• Dimensions: 113 mm x 174 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Very Short Introductions; A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; A Very Short Introductions; A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; A Very Short Introductions; Very Short Introduction
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business; Waffe, Atombombe, Atomwaffe