| The Bomb: Nuclear Weapons in their Historical, Strategic and Ethical Context Contributor(s): Heuser, D. B. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0582292905 ISBN-13: 9780582292901 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Nuclear Warfare |
| Dewey: 355.021 |
| LCCN: 99024935 |
| Series: Turning Points |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.46" W x 8.51" (0.60 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This tightly argued and profoundly thought provoking book tackles a huge subject: the coming of the nuclear age with bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, and the ways in which it has changed our lives since. Dr Heuser sets these events in their historical context and tackles key issues about the effect of nuclear weapons on modern attitudes to conflict, and on the ethics of warfare. Ducking nothing, she demystifies the subject, seeing the bomb' not as something unique and paralysing, but as an integral part of the strategic and moral context of our time. For a wide multidisciplinary and general readership. |