The bomb
Subtitle: a new history
By: Stephen M. Younger.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780061537196
Subjects: Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History; Weapons of mass destruction -- United States -- History
Description: From his years at Los Alamos and the Nevada test site 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 behind nuclear weapons, 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. Does the Unites 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?--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century?; title: A short history of nuclear weapons; title: How did we arrive at the theory of mutually assured destruction?; title: Current nuclear arsenals; title: Targets and targeting; title: Replacing nuclear weapons with advanced conventional weapons; title: Nuclear proliferation; title: Defense against nuclear attack; title: Maintaining our nuclear forces; title: The role of nuclear weapons in the twenty-first century.