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Nuclear Weapons

by Mark Wolverton

ISBN: 9780262543316

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 1, 2022

A primer on nuclear weapons, from the science of fission and fusion to the pursuit of mutual assured destruction, the SALT treaties, and the Bomb in pop culture.

Our Own Worst Enemy?

Institutional Interests and the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Expertise

by Sharon K. Weiner

ISBN: 9780262515887

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 9, 2011

An examination of the effectiveness of knowledge nonproliferation programs implemented by the United States after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters

by Hans Blix

With Deborah Chasman

ISBN: 9780262026444

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 4, 2008

From the former UN head weapons inspector in Iraq, a plea for a renewed global disarmament movement.

Tritium on Ice

The Dangerous New Alliance of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power

by Kenneth D. Bergeron

ISBN: 9780262524339

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 17, 2004

The dangers of a United States government plan to abandon its fifty-year policy of keeping civilian and military uses of nuclear technology separate.

Sino-Soviet Relations and Arms Control

Edited by Morton H. Halperin

ISBN: 9780262582285

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 17, 2003

This book, which offers the work of a group of distinguished contributors, is designed to clarify the bearing of the arms control issue on the Sino-Soviet dispute and to suggest future policy directions for the United States.

Debating the Democratic Peace

Edited by Michael E. Brown, Sean M. Lynn-Jones and Steven E. Miller

ISBN: 9780262522137

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 10, 1996

Are democracies less likely to go to war than other kinds of states? This question is of tremendous importance in both academic and policy-making circles and one that has been debated by political...

Nonproliferation Primer

Preventing the Spread of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons

by Randall Forsberg, William Driscoll, Gregory Webb and Jonathan Dean

ISBN: 9780262560955

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 19, 1995

This primer provides an overview of the technical background needed to understand today's nonproliferation issues. It describes all the existing types of weapons of mass destruction and examines...

Preventing A Biological Arms Race

Edited by Susan Wright

ISBN: 9780262730969

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 19, 1991

This source book presents the essential technical, political, legal, and historical background needed for informed judgments about the recent expansion of military interest in the life sciences -...

Arms and Hunger

by Willy Brandt

ISBN: 9780262521277

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 20, 1987

In this strongly worded book, Brandt goes beyond the diplomatic role he has formerly played and describes major problems plaguing the globe today, as well as solutions for them.

The Future of the Sea-Based Deterrent

Edited by Kosta Tsipis, Anne H. Cahn and Bernard T. Feld

ISBN: 9780262560122

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 15, 1974

The objective of this book is to ascertain whether extending arms control to cover ASW weapons systems would measurably improve the calculated confidence that defense analysts place in the long-term viability of the missile submarine deterrent.

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