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Nuclear weapons : a very short introduction /

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 is no more. But the post-Cold War world...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Siracusa, Joseph M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Colección:Very short introductions ; 179.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What are nuclear weapons?
  • Building the bomb
  • 'A choice between the quick and the dead'
  • Race for the H-bomb
  • Nuclear deterrence and arms control
  • Star Wars
  • Nuclear weapons in the age of terrorism.