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Country of manufacture: Printed in Japan
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Year of manufacture: 2024
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| Joseph *M* Siracusa / translated by Masahiro Kurita examines the issues of international politics concerning nuclear weapons. An introduction to nuclear issues by an author well known for his deep insights into contemporary international politics and his knowledge of Cold War history. The book explains the principles and development of nuclear weapons, U.S. and Soviet strategies since the Cold War, nuclear deterrence and arms control including negotiations on nuclear arms reductions, and missile defense policies, for the beginning reader. This is an ideal book for those who want to understand the background and basic issues related to nuclear weapons, which have once again returned to the core of international politics. [Table of Contents] Chapter 1: What Are Nuclear Weapons? 1 Science of Nuclear Weapons Principles of Nuclear Weapons / Power of Nuclear Weapons / Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 2 If Nuclear Weapons Are Used New York* Scenario/The Doomsday Clock Chapter 2 Making the Bomb 1 The Manhattan Project Origins of the Manhattan Project / Berlin, Tokyo, and the Bomb 2 Completion of the Atomic Bomb The Road to Trinity/Trinity Experiment/Fat Man and Little Boy 3 Use of the Atomic Bomb The Decision to Drop the Bomb on Hiroshima/The Impact of the New Weapon Chapter 3: Life or Death 1 Control of Nuclear Energy Creation of the UN Atomic Energy Commission / Baruch Proposal / Gromyko Proposal 2 The Coming of the Cold War Chapter 4: The Race to the Hydrogen Bomb 1 The U.S. Nuclear Monopoly 2 Development of the Atomic Bomb by the Soviet Union 3 The Emergence of the Hydrogen Bomb Years of Opportunity? /The Decision to Develop Thermonuclear Weapons / Beyond the Realm of Theory Chapter 5 Nuclear Deterrence and Arms Control 1 The Development of Nuclear Deterrence 2 U.S. and Soviet Strategies during the Cold War Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)/Soviet Strategy 3 Arms Control and Nuclear Stability Partial Test Ban Treaty / Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (SALT) / Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Abolition Treaty Chapter 6: Star*Wars and Its Successors 1 Early U.S. Missile Defense Projects 2 Soviet Missile Defense Projects 3 ABM Deployment and the Ballistic Interceptor Missile Limitation Treaty First U.S. ABM Deployment/1972 ABM Treaty 4 The Reagan Administration's Star*Wars Initiative 5 George *W* Bush Administration and Missile Defense 6 Further Considerations Chapter 7: The Post-Cold War Era 1 The End of the Cold War Convention on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE)/Bush and Gorbachev--START I/Bush and Yeltsin--START II/Tactical Nuclear Weapons Withdrawal/Continuing Debate over NATO/Coordinated Threat reduction program 2 The George W. Bush Administration and the Post-Cold War World Global Threat Reduction Initiative/SORT Treaty 3 The Obama Administration and Nuclear Weapons Reduction Negotiations New START/Obama and Medvedev--New START/Nuclear Weapons Abolition? 4 The Trump Administration's [deal]. Trump and Iran/Trump and Kim Jong-un negotiations/Trump and Putin Translator's Commentary References and Recommended Bibliography Index |
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An introduction to nuclear issues by an author well known for his deep insights into contemporary international politics and his knowledge of Cold War history.
The book explains the principles and development of nuclear weapons, U.S. and Soviet strategies since the Cold War, nuclear deterrence and arms control including negotiations on nuclear arms reductions, and missile defense policies, for the beginning reader.
This is an ideal book for those who want to understand the background and basic issues related to nuclear weapons, which have once again returned to the core of international politics.
[Table of Contents]
Chapter 1: What Are Nuclear Weapons?
1 Science of Nuclear Weapons
Principles of Nuclear Weapons / Power of Nuclear Weapons / Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
2 If Nuclear Weapons Are Used
New York* Scenario/The Doomsday Clock
Chapter 2 Making the Bomb
1 The Manhattan Project
Origins of the Manhattan Project / Berlin, Tokyo, and the Bomb
2 Completion of the Atomic Bomb
The Road to Trinity/Trinity Experiment/Fat Man and Little Boy
3 Use of the Atomic Bomb
The Decision to Drop the Bomb on Hiroshima/The Impact of the New Weapon
Chapter 3: Life or Death
1 Control of Nuclear Energy
Creation of the UN Atomic Energy Commission / Baruch Proposal / Gromyko Proposal
2 The Coming of the Cold War
Chapter 4: The Race to the Hydrogen Bomb
1 The U.S. Nuclear Monopoly
2 Development of the Atomic Bomb by the Soviet Union
3 The Emergence of the Hydrogen Bomb
Years of Opportunity? /The Decision to Develop Thermonuclear Weapons / Beyond the Realm of Theory
Chapter 5 Nuclear Deterrence and Arms Control
1 The Development of Nuclear Deterrence
2 U.S. and Soviet Strategies during the Cold War
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)/Soviet Strategy
3 Arms Control and Nuclear Stability
Partial Test Ban Treaty / Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (SALT) / Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Abolition Treaty
Chapter 6: Star*Wars and Its Successors
1 Early U.S. Missile Defense Projects
2 Soviet Missile Defense Projects
3 ABM Deployment and the Ballistic Interceptor Missile Limitation Treaty
First U.S. ABM Deployment/1972 ABM Treaty
4 The Reagan Administration's Star*Wars Initiative
5 George *W* Bush Administration and Missile Defense
6 Further Considerations
Chapter 7: The Post-Cold War Era
1 The End of the Cold War
Convention on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE)/Bush and Gorbachev--START I/Bush and Yeltsin--START II/Tactical Nuclear Weapons Withdrawal/Continuing Debate over NATO/Coordinated Threat reduction program
2 The George W. Bush Administration and the Post-Cold War World
Global Threat Reduction Initiative/SORT Treaty
3 The Obama Administration and Nuclear Weapons Reduction Negotiations
New START/Obama and Medvedev--New START/Nuclear Weapons Abolition?
4 The Trump Administration's [deal].
Trump and Iran/Trump and Kim Jong-un negotiations/Trump and Putin
Translator's Commentary
References and Recommended Bibliography
Index