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020    9780061537196 
020    0061537195 
035    (OCoLC)232977339 
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082 04 623.4/51190973|222 
090    QC773.3.U58|bY78 2009 
100 1  Younger, Stephen Michael,|d1951- 
245 14 The bomb :|ba new history /|cStephen M. Younger. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bEcco Press,|c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
300    x, 238 pages :|billustrations ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
505 0  Introduction : why nuclear weapons in the twenty-first 
       century? -- A short history of nuclear weapons -- How did 
       we arrive at the theory of mutually assured destruction? -
       - Current nuclear arsenals -- Targets and targeting -- 
       Replacing nuclear weapons with advanced conventional 
       weapons -- Nuclear proliferation -- Defense against 
       nuclear attack -- Maintaining our nuclear forces -- The 
       role of nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century. 
520    From his years in U.S. weapons systems to his meetings 
       with nuclear arms experts in Moscow, former weapons 
       designer Stephen M. Younger has witnessed firsthand the 
       making of nuclear policy. With a deep understanding of 
       both the technology and the politics, he guides us from 
       the Manhattan Project to the Cold War and into the present
       day, illuminating how nuclear weapons fit into our 
       globalized, war-plagued world. Younger reveals the myths 
       and realities of how these weapons work, and how our 
       nuclear policy evolved to what it is today. Does the 
       United States genuinely need a massive stockpile in an era
       of precision bombs and missile defense? Under what 
       circumstances might we need nuclear weapons in the future?
       How does the proliferation of weapons in the hands of 
       other nations affect our own nuclear policy? 
650  0 Nuclear weapons|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Weapons of mass destruction|zUnited States|xHistory. 
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