[TofC cont.] Nuclear weapons in the post-Cold War era: Nuclear nonprolification policy and the maintenance of American hegemony / S.J. Maddock; Nuclear porlification as the greatest post-Cold War National security threat / P.A. Clausen; Popular culture and the post-Cold War transformation of the nuc...

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Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston [u.a.] Houghton Mifflin 2001
Series:	Problems in American civilization
Subjects:	Geschichte 1940-1995 Kernwapenpolitiek Geschichte Cold War Nuclear weapons > United States Rüstungspolitik Kernwaffe USA United States > History > 1945-
Summary:	[TofC cont.] Nuclear weapons in the post-Cold War era: Nuclear nonprolification policy and the maintenance of American hegemony / S.J. Maddock; Nuclear porlification as the greatest post-Cold War National security threat / P.A. Clausen; Popular culture and the post-Cold War transformation of the nuclear menace / P. Boyer and E. Idsvoog; Struggle over America's nuclear legacy / M.S. Sherry. [This book] presents essays that address a broad range of post-World War II nuclear issues. The topics range from a discussion of the decision to drop the atomic bomb, to a critical assessment of deterrence theory, to the environmental and cultural fallout from our use of nuclear weapons and nuclear power ... This collection ... allows students of history to interpret and evaluate the issues, participants, and events for themselves.-Back cover.
Physical Description:	XXVII, 244 S. Ill.
ISBN:	0618007377