A History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963
The story of U. S. nuclear testing between 1945 and 1963 is a vivid and exciting one, but also one of profound importance. It is a story of trailblazing scientific progress, weapons of mass destruction, superpower rivalry, accidents, radiological contamination, politics, and diplomacy. The testing of weapons that defined the course and consequences of the Cold War was itself a crucial dimension to the narrative of that conflict. Further, the central question - Why conduct nuclear tests? - was fully debated among American politicians, generals, civilians, and scientists, and ultimately it was victory for those who argued in favor of national s…
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Weitere Autoren: Siracusa, Joseph M.
- ISBN: 978-1-4422-3201-3
- EAN: 9781442232013
- Produktnummer: 22972849
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 246 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 717 KB
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By David M. Blades and Joseph M. Siracusa
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