E.S. - Nuclear Warfare 1

For most of the Cold War, a direct war between America and Russia belonged to war rooms and nightmare scenarios, held back by the knowledge that both sides could end the world. This book begins wher……続きを見る

What does it mean to be a responsible nuclear power in 2025? As strategic competition, and indeed great power competition, reemerged in the late 2010s and early 2020s, competing nuclear states incre……続きを見る

From the acclaimed Pacific War historian, the harrowing story of America’s bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the dramatic struggle to end World War II. Over three days in August 1945, a nation o……続きを見る

This book provides an in-depth examination of the technological, geopolitical and normative pressures driving the world into a new, more complex and potentially more dangerous Third Nuclear Age. By ……続きを見る

Describes the transformations we have witnessed due to the development of nuclear science and technology, accelerating policies interdependent on energy, and military procedures that have led us to ……続きを見る

"Trinity Site: 1945-1995" offers a comprehensive examination of the historical and cultural significance of the Trinity Site, the location of the first atomic bomb detonation on July 16, 1945. This ……続きを見る

Will AI make accidental nuclear war more likely? If so, how might these risks be reduced? AI and the Bomb provides a coherent, innovative, and multidisciplinary examination of the potential effects ……続きを見る

Despite recent attempts at 'negotiation', the attitudes of both Kim Jong-un's regime and the West seem unchanged. North Korea is still shrouded in mystery, and there are no clear plans for the futur……続きを見る

Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. The core notion is that countries protected by these fearsome weapons can stop competing so……続きを見る

90 Seconds to Midnight tells the gripping and thought-provoking story of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow, a thirteen-year-old girl living in Hiroshima in 1945, when the city was annihilated by an atomic bo……続きを見る

An unflinching examination of the moral and professional dilemmas faced by physicians who took part in the Manhattan Project. After his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of ……続きを見る

Mai come oggi il mondo si è avvicinato a una catastrofe nucleare: ecco perché bisogna smantellare gli arsenali nucleari. Questo libro racconta la storia e le prospettive della campagna “Italia, ripe……続きを見る

This book provides an accessible introduction to radioactivity. The second in a two-volume set, this volume is presented in two parts, covering its development and modern applications. It first expl……続きを見る

This book provides an accessible introduction to radioactivity. The first in a two-volume set, this volume is presented in two parts, covering radiation physics and natural radiation exposure. It fi……続きを見る

Understand the metasurface revolution in electronic warfare Electronic warfare (EW) ensures safe usage of the electromagnetic spectrum by one’s own forces while denying it to adversaries. Modern war……続きを見る

Never has a book about nuclear weapons and their impact been timelier. This work, The Sword of Damocles, Our Nuclear Age, deals with our history as well as today's headlines. I had the opportunity t……続きを見る

A first-person account of the Manhattan Project by the general who hired, and worked alongside, Robert Oppenheimer. General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were the two men chiefly responsib……続きを見る

Imagine a world bathed in the twilight of a nuclear winter, where cities are skeletal monuments and the air itself carries an invisible threat. This isn't fiction. "The Nuclear War" is a chilling ye……続きを見る

A gripping, real-life thriller following the authors’ attempt to uncover the truth about one of the world’s most wanted men. Karl Lee, alias Li Fangwei, plays a key role in the secret struggle betwe……続きを見る

The Oxford Handbook of Nuclear Security provides a comprehensive examination of efforts to secure sensitive nuclear assets and mitigate the risk of nuclear terrorism and other non-state actor threat……続きを見る

'It is certainly a good thing for the world that Hitler's crowd or Stalin's did not discover this atomic bomb. It seems to be the most terrible thing ever discovered' - US President Harry S. Truman ……続きを見る

In 1960, SAC's B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol. Fully illustrated, this study explains how one of the Cold War's most challenging operations was conceived and flown. Operatio……続きを見る

On June 22, 1941, radios all over the Soviet Union crackled with the announcement that the country had been attacked by Nazi Germany. But the voice on the airwaves was not the familiar one of Joseph……続きを見る

A history of the 4-year period from 1959 to 1963 when RAF bomber command operated 60 Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles as part of the UK nuclear deterrent force, and how and why it was dism……続きを見る

At once fascinating and horrific, this book details the conception, development and impact of the atomic bombs infamously dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The obliteration of Hiro……続きを見る

This " unnerving exposé" of a lost American nuclear bomb "is a valuable contribution to the history of the navy, the cold war, and nuclear weapons" ( Booklist ). On December 5th, 1965, the USS Ticon……続きを見る

For fans of Oppenheimer, a riveting investigation into the modern nuclear weapons landscape. Nuclear weapons are, today, as important as they were during the Cold War, and some experts say we could ……続きを見る

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES - Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbour? - How did the Americans underestimate the Japanese? - What were 'banzai charges,' and how did the discipline of the J……続きを見る

In the nuclear age, arms are the ultimate commodity. And now they are easier and cheaper to acquire and make than ever before – which means that for poor nations or non-state terror groups, weapons ……続きを見る

A fully illustrated study of the extraordinarily successful early-generation jet, the F2H Banshee, a frontline aircraft that served with 27 US Navy and US Marine Corps squadrons and three Royal Cana……続きを見る