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Joseph M. Siracusa

Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction

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Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the atomic 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 is decidedly not post-nuclear'. For all the effort to reduce nuclear stockpiles to zero, it seems that the bomb is here to stay. This Very Short Introductionreveals why.The history and politics of the bomb are explained: from the technology of nuclear weapons, to the revolutionary implications of the H-bomb, and the politics of nuclear deterrence. Th… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-19-104006-1
  • EAN: 9780191040061
  • Produktnummer: 18404355
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 152 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 4'600 KB
  • Auflage: 2. Auflage
  • Abbildungen: 7 black and white illustrations

Über den Autor


Joseph M. Siracusa is Professor in Human Security and International Diplomacy and Deputy Dean of Global and Language Studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. A native of Chicago and long-time resident of Australia, he studied at the University of Denver and the University of Vienna and received his PhD from the University of Colorado (Boulder). The author and co-author of numerous books, he is internationally known for his writings on thehistory of nuclear weapons, diplomacy, and global security.

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