Nuclear weapons : a very short introduction / Joseph M. Siracusa

Author:: Siracusa, Joseph M.
Published:: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Copyright Date:: ©2020
Edition:: Third Edition.
Physical Description:: xx, 137 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

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Series:

Very short introductions ; 179

Contents:

What are nuclear weapons? -- Building the bomb -- A choice between the quick and the dead -- Race for the H-bomb -- Nuclear deterrence and arms control -- Star Wars and beyond -- Post-Cold War era.

Subject(s):

Nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapons—History
Nuclear arms control

Genre(s):

History

ISBN:

9780198860532 (paperback)
0198860536 (paperback)

Note:

Previous edition: 2015.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132) and index.

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