A History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963 by Blades, David M.

A History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442232006)

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A History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963 by Blades, David M.

A History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963

$129.00
A History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963 by Blades, David M.

A History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963

$129.00
Format: Hardcover
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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 security over diplomatic and environmental costs that normalized nuclear weapons tests. A History of U. S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963 is an examination of this question, beginning with the road to normalization and, later, de-normalization of nuclear testing, leading to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963. As states continue to pursue nuclear weaponry, nuclear testing remains an important political issue in the twenty-first century.


Author: David M. Blades, Joseph M. Siracusa
ISBN-10: 1442232005
ISBN-13: 9781442232006
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2014
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
By David M. Blades
By David M. Blades
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David M. Blades, PhD, is a researcher at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne.

Joseph M. Siracusa is professor of human security and international diplomacy and deputy dean of global studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia. Chicago-born and raised, he is the author and coauthor of many books, including Real-World Nuclear Deterrence: The Making of International Strategy (with David G. Coleman); Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction; and A Global History of the Nuclear Arms Race: Weapons, Strategy, and Politics (with Richard Dean Burns).

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