| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
viii, 324 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-304) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: how to be an Armageddon tourist -- Priscilla, Queen of the desert: a visit to the Nevada test site -- When knowledge is an endangered thing: travels through New Mexico's nuclear landscape -- Wicked things: exploring the future of nuclear weapons at Sandia and Livermore -- Home brew: uncovering the secrets of uranium production in Tennessee -- Where's the big board? : searching for strategery in Nebraska -- A cow runs through it: visiting missile silos in the Great Plains -- How we learned to stop worrying about the bomb in Pennsylvania: the rebirth of Site R, the government's secret nuclear bunker -- Rocket City, USA: Huntsville's space odyssey -- Fantasy island: vacationing in the Marshall Islands -- Take me to your one-eyed baby: promoting nuclear tourism in Kazakhstan -- Barbarians at the gate: in search of Russia's secret nuclear cities -- Got nukes? : nuclear junketeering in Iran -- Epilogue: next year in North Korea. |
| Summary |
A fascinating, kaleidoscopic portrait of the atomic era, from Los Alamos to Iran... and everywhere in between. |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons -- Popular works.
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Nuclear engineering -- Popular works.
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Nuclear nonproliferation -- Popular works.
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| Added Author |
Weinberger, Sharon.
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| ISBN |
9781596913783 |
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1596913789 |
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