| March to Armageddon: The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race, 1939 to the Present Contributor(s): Powaski, Ronald E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195044118 ISBN-13: 9780195044119 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $41.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1989 Annotation: Ronald E. Powaski offers the first complete, accessible history of the events, forces, and factors that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. Topics range from the Manhattan Project, the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima, and the debate over whether to share atomic information, to the effect of nuclear weapons on U.S. military and foreign policy, and the role of these weapons in arms control negotiations during the last five presidential administrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Arms Control - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Technology & Engineering | Military Science |
| Dewey: 355.825 |
| LCCN: 86028435 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.62" W x 8.54" (0.98 lbs) 318 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ronald E. Powaski offers the first complete, accessible history of the events, forces, and factors that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. He traces the evolution of the nuclear arms race from FDR's decision to develop an atomic bomb to Reagan's decision to continue its expansion in the 1980's. Focusing on the forces that have propelled the arms race and the reasons behind the repeated failures to check the proliferation of nuclear weapons, Powaski discusses such topics as the Manhattan Project, the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima, the debate over whether to share atomic information, the effect of nuclear weapons on U.S. military and foreign policy, and the role of these weapons in arms control negotiations in the last five presidential administrations. |
