Unparalleled catastrophe : Life and death in the Third Nuclear Age /

After the first use of nuclear weapons in 1945, Albert Einstein warned that 'we thus drift towards unparalleled catastrophe'. Today we are no longer drifting but racing toward catastrophe at breakneck speed. This book analyses recent events that have brought about a dangerous Third Nuclear...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crilley, Rhys
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS, [2023].
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Security, International.
Nuclear weapons.
Armes nucléaires.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 'We thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe': a brief history of nuclear weapons
  • 'Fire and fury like the world has never seen': understanding the Third Nuclear Age
  • 'I got it. I got it. Why don't we nuke them?': August to October 2019
  • 'This is a high time for hypersonic missiles': November 2019 to January 2020
  • 'The world of post-apocalypse movies': February to April 2020
  • 'I can't breathe': May to July 2020
  • 'Money meant for face masks': August to October 2020
  • 'A force that would shatter our nation rather than share it': November 2020 to January 2021
  • Conclusion: it's not enough to say 'a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought': February 2021 to the present
  • References
  • Index

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