Avoiding Armageddon
Subtitle: Europe, the United States, and the Struggle for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, 1945-1970
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: April 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780275975999
Subjects: Arms negotiation & control; International relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Europe; USA; International Relations - Arms Control; International Relations - General; Military - General; Political Science / International Relations; Foreign relations; Nuclear nonproliferation; Politics and government; United States
First sentence: The devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 demonstrated to the world not only the destructive power of the atomic bomb but also drew attention to the problem of controlling weapons of mass destruction in the future.