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Joseph M. Siracusa

Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction

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Nuclear weapons have not been used in anger since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Yet even after the Cold War, the Bomb is still the greatest threat facing humankind. As President Bill Clinton's first secretary of defence, Les Aspin, put it: 'The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is no more. But the post-Cold War world is decidedly not post-nuclear'. For all the efforts to reduce nuclear stockpiles, the Bomb is hereto stay.This Very Short Introduction looks at the science of nuclear weapons and how they differ from conventional weapons. Tracing the story of the nuclear bomb, Joseph Siracusa ch… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-19-260426-2
  • EAN: 9780192604262
  • Produktnummer: 34852165
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 152 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 14'657 KB
  • Auflage: 3. Auflage
  • Abbildungen: 8 black-and-white illustrations

Über den Autor


Joseph M. Siracusa is Professor in Human Security and International Diplomacy at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia, and President of Australia's Council for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. A veteran historian, he is known internationally for his writings on the history of nuclear weapons, diplomacy, and global security. He is the author of numerous books, including Diplomacy: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2010)and A Global History of the Nuclear Arms Race (Praeger, 2013).

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