Book ID: CBB828953046

Nuclear Weapons (2022)

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Wolverton, Mark (Author)


MIT Press


Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 280
Language: English

Although the world's attention has shifted to drone-controlled bombing and cyberwarfare, the threat of nuclear war still exists. There are now fourteen thousand nuclear weapons in the hands of the nine declared nuclear powers. Even though the world survived the Cold War, we need to understand what it means to live with nuclear weapons. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Mark Wolverton offers a primer on nuclear weapons, from the science of fission and fusion to the pursuit of mutual assured destruction, the SALT and START agreements, and the Bomb in pop culture. Wolverton explains the basic scientific facts, offers historical perspective, and provides a nuanced view of the unique political, social, and moral dilemmas posed by nuclear weapons. He describes the birth of the Bomb in 1945 and its use against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; explains how a nuclear bomb works; recounts episodes when the world came close to waging nuclear war, including the Cuban missile crisis in 1962; discusses nuclear policy and nuclear treaties; and traces the influence of such films as On the Beach, Dr. Strangelove, and The Day After.

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Authors & Contributors
Gordin, Michael D.
Tanja Penter
Andreas Rupprecht
Frank Ledwidge
Susan Colbourn
David Bath
Concepts
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Technology and war; technology and the military
Cold War
Military technology
Technology and politics
Arms race
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Canada
Central Asia
Russia
Europe
Institutions
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Hanford Nuclear Site (Washington)
United States Air Force (USAF)
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