Book ID: CBB000741508

Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld (2006)

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Weinberger, Sharon (Author)


Nation Books


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xxviii + 276 pp.; index
Language: English

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Authors & Contributors
Launius, Roger D.
Armstrong, Melanie
Bickford, Andrew
Benjamin W. Goossen
Johnson, Alison F.
Weiner, Sharon K.
Concepts
Science and war; science and the military
Cold War
Science and politics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Government sponsored science
Civil defense
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Greenland
Russia
Europe
Canada
Institutions
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; Partial Test Ban Treaty; Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963)
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
United States. Army
United States Navy
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