Nuclear Warfare 6

The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history. It spanned the globe - from Greece to China, Hungary to Cuba - and lasted for almost half a century. It ……続きを見る

Am 6. August 1945 warf der US-Bomber "Enola Gay" seine mörderische Fracht über Hiroshima ab, in 600 Meter Höhe explodierte die Atombombe. Rund 70 000 Menschen starben unmittelbar nach der Detonation……続きを見る

'War is the most important thing in the world', writes Martin van Creveld, one of the world's best-known experts on military history and strategy. The survival of every country, government, and indi……続きを見る

THE BEATLES AND THE BOMB Thanks to my job as the CBS Press Rep on "The Ed Sullivan Show," I was the guy who welcomed John, Paul, George and Ringo to the United States on their first trip t……続きを見る

**An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering set at the height of the Cold Warーa mix between The Hunt for Red October and Argoーabout how the CIA, the U.S. Navy, and America’s most eccent……続きを見る

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In the mid-1950s faced with worrying advances in Soviet missile technology, the United States sought to develop an IRBM to act as a stop-gap until the Atlas ICBM became operational. Intense inter-se……続きを見る

This book was written as a resource for an emergency response in case of a nuclear detonation. An interagency group of communications, radiation technical experts and doctors developed this edition ……続きを見る

At the height of the race to build an atomic bomb, an indoor tennis court in one of the Midwest’s most affluent residential neighborhoods became a secret Manhattan Project laboratory. Polonium in th……続きを見る

Volume II of The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent provides an authoritative and in-depth examination of the British government’s strategic nuclear policy from 1964 to 1970. Wri……続きを見る

The last two decades have seen a slow but steady increase in nuclear armed states, and in the seemingly less constrained policy goals of some of the newer "rogue" states in the international system.……続きを見る

In 2008, the iconic doomsday clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientistswas set at five minutes to midnightーtwo minutes closer to Armageddon than in 1962, when John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushc……続きを見る

My Journey at the Nuclear Brink is a continuation of William J. Perry's efforts to keep the world safe from a nuclear catastrophe. It tells the story of his coming of age in the nuclear era, his rol……続きを見る

This is the untold story of the small group of men who have devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use the Bomb. The book (first published in 1983) explores the secret world of these st……続きを見る

1896 spürte Henri Becquerel im Uran eine seltsame Strahlung auf, die Marie Curie Radioaktivität nannte. In den folgenden Jahrzehnten lieferten die deutschen Physiker Max Planck, Albert Einstein und ……続きを見る

A RAF pilot’s view of the Cold War, which conveys the excitement, danger and comedy of flying during that momentous historic period. Crafted to satisfy all aviation enthusiasts, novice and profes……続きを見る

**The Oscar-shortlisted documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlosser's book and continues to explore the little-known history of the management and……続きを見る

The balance of power in South Asia is tenuous. Neighbouring states with nuclear arsenal pose a serious threat in times of conflict and the danger of escalation into a nuclear holocaust in South are ……続きを見る

Behind the Fog is the first in-depth, comprehensive examination of the United States’ Cold War radiological weapons program. The bookexamines controversial military-sponsored studies and field trial……続きを見る

"An instant classic, if not the finest book to date on Ronald Reagan." ー Jay Winik President Reagan's dramatic battle to win the Cold War is revealed as never before by the #1 bestselling author an……続きを見る

Army Technical Manual TM 5-857-3 This obscure and unusual 1961 manual details how the U.S. military goes about planning/constructing underground installations and bases. Chock-full of intricate deta……続きを見る

The signing of the US–India civilian nuclear agreement in 2008 is a milestone in the geopolitics of the twenty-first centuryーone that has virtually rewritten the rules of the global nuclear order. ……続きを見る

Thor: Anatomy of a Weapon System examines the technical aspects of the Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile. The missile and its ground support equipment are covered in detail. The guidance sys……続きを見る

A frightening but necessary assessment of the threat posed by nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century, edited by the world's leading antinuclear activist With the world's attention focused on cl……続きを見る

The process to deliver a combat aircraft from concept to service is measured in decades. Described as a weapon system, designs such as the Eurofighter Typhoon are intricate jigsaws of new techniques……続きを見る

This is the first comprehensive account in English of the development and operation of one of Russia’s lesser known post-war jet fighters. Only ever operated over the former Soviet Union’s vast nort……続きを見る

Un livre-manifeste accessible et ludique pour mettre en garde contre l'arme nucléaire Paul Quilès, ancien ministre de la Défense, propose 39 courtes citations qui émanent de personnalités ayant exer……続きを見る

How did the United States move from a position of nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union at the beginning of the 1960s to one of nuclear parity under the doctrine of mutual assured destruction in……続きを見る

The man with the nuclear briefcase has gone rogue - Mission Impossible meets the Hunt for Red October "What should a thriller do to rise above the ranks of the clichéd? It does no harm to demonstrat……続きを見る