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1	Stalking the Red Bear: The True Story of A U.S. Cold War Submarine's Covert Operations Against the Soviet Union more books like this by Peter Sasgen add to wishlist "Stalking the Red Bear", for the first time ever, describes the action principally from the perspective of a commanding officer of a nuclear submarine during the Cold War - the one man aboard a sub who makes the critical decisions - taking readers closer to the Soviet target than any work on submarine espionage has ever done before. This is the ... see all copies from $2.29! new only from $18.94! \| SVS
2	Making of the Atomic Bomb more books like this by Richard Rhodes add to wishlist The author recounts the story of how the atomic bomb was developed, from the discovery at the turn of century of the vast energy locked inside the atom, to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan during the Second World War. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $9.86! \| first editions \| SVS
3	On Thermonuclear War more books like this by Herman Kahn add to wishlist "On Thermonuclear War" was controversial when originally published and remains so today. It is iconoclastic, crosses disciplinary boundaries, and finally it is calm and compellingly reasonable. The book was widely read on both sides of the Iron Curtain and the result was serious revision in both Western and Soviet strategy and doctrine. As a ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $37.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	At the Abyss: An Insider's History of the Cold War more books like this by Thomas Reed, George Bush (Introduction by) add to wishlist With global powers now engaged in cataclysmic encounters, there is no more important time for this essential, epic account of the past half century, the tense years when the world trembled "At the Abyss." see all copies from $2.17! new only from $8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Bomb: A New History more books like this by Stephen M Younger add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $5.79! new only from $5.79! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Wizards of Armageddon more books like this by Fred Kaplan add to wishlist see all copies from $3.23! new only from $30.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Pandora's Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb more books like this by Brian VanDeMark add to wishlist Nine men - Oppenheimer, Teller, Fermi, Bohr, Lawrence, Bethe, Rabi, Szilard, Compton - brilliant men who believed in science and who saw before anyone else the amazing workings of an invisible world. Some of them were fleeing Nazism in Europe, others quietly slipping out of university teaching jobs, all gathering in secret wartime laboratories to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima more books like this by Robert Jay Lifton add to wishlist In Japan, 'hibakusha means 'the people affected by the explosion'----specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. In this classic study, Robert Jay Lifton studies the psychological effects of the bomb on 90,000 survivors. Lifton sees this analysis as providing a last chance to understand----and be motivated to avoid--- ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $23.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate more books like this by Scott Douglas Sagan, Kenneth N Waltz add to wishlist If the build-up of nuclear weapons was a significant factor in maintaining the "long peace" between the United States and the Soviet Union, will the spread of nuclear weapons beyond these two superpowers stabilize or disrupt international relations. In this book, two scholars of international politics debate the issue. Kenneth Waltz argues that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $56.50! \| first editions
10	Manhattan Project: The Untold Story of the Making of the Atomic Bomb more books like this by Stephane Groueff add to wishlist see all copies from $2.48! new only from $26.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Psychology and Deterrence more books like this by Professor Robert Jervis, Professor Janice Gross Stein, Professor Richard Ned LeBow add to wishlist "A provocative collection."--David C. Unger, New York TimesNow available in paperback, Psychology and Deterrence reveals deterrence strategy's hidden and generally simplistic assumptions about the nature of power and aggression, threat and response, and calculation and behavior in the international arena. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions
12 view cover	Nuclear weapons and foreign policy more books like this by Henry A Kissinger add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.98! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Making a Real Killing: Rocky Flats and the Nuclear West more books like this by Len Ackland add to wishlist This book examines the sobering realities associated with the participation of ordinary Americans in the development of the nation's nuclear weapons arsenal. A former Chicago Tribune reporter and one-time editor of 'The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists', Len Ackland explores the fascinating story of Rocky Flats, Colorado for the first time. He ... see all copies from $5.63! new only from $25.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	Danger & Survival more books like this by McGeorge Bundy add to wishlist The former Special Assistant for National Security Affairs under Kennedy and Johnson writes the definitive political history of the nuclear weapon from its origin before World War II to the present. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Allah's Bomb: The Islamic Quest for Nuclear Weapons more books like this by Al J Venter add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16	War and peace in the nuclear age more books like this by John Newhouse add to wishlist Here are the great events and issues, the politics, the personalities, the confrontatations, the key decisions of the Nuclear Era. From Roosevelt to Reagan, from the atom bomb of 1939 to Star Wars, here is the story of history's most dangerous decades. 150 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy more books like this by Lawrence Freedman add to wishlist The book begins with the theories of airpower which shaped the early appreciation of the role of atomic weapons. A discussion follows of the movement in the West towards reliance on nuclear weapons to deter Soviet aggression, and of the major problem of credibility that arose as soon as the Soviet Union developed its own nuclear capability. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $38.10! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Big Red: Three Months on Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine more books like this by Douglas C Waller add to wishlist The Trident submarine is one of the most remarkable feats of engineering in human history: a sleek metal tube powered by a nuclear reactor, breathtakingly silent, yet strong enough to resist intense pressure deep under the surface of the ocean. But the human experience inside-as crews spend months crammed together beneath the sea, manning 24 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19	Atomic soldiers : American victims of nuclear experiments more books like this by Howard L. Rosenberg add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer: And the Birth of the Modern Arms Race more books like this by Priscilla Johnson McMillan add to wishlist In this riveting narrative, bestselling author McMillan draws on newly declassified U.S. government documents and materials from Russia, as well as in-depth interviews, to present the truth about the downfall of America's most famous scientist. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
21 view cover	Bracing for Armageddon: Why Civil Defense Never Worked more books like this by Dee Garrison add to wishlist This timely book is a concise survey of the U.S. government's civil defense plans from World War II to the present, including Cold War detonations, Reagan-era Star Wars, and contemporary issues of homeland security. Garrison argues that the true purpose of federal civil defense was to legitimize deterrence policy and the arms race through false ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
22	Hiroshima Diary: The Unparalleled Eyewitness Account of the Dawn of Nuclear War more books like this by Michiko M D Hachiya add to wishlist see all copies from $2.99! new only from $15.00!
23 view cover	Countdown to Crisis: The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran more books like this by Kenneth R Timmerman add to wishlist MARCHING TO ARMAGEDDON In his chilling new book, New York Times bestselling author Kenneth R. Timmerman blows the lid off the greatest threat America faces: a nuclear-armed Iran that is closely allied with international terrorists—and bent on destroying us. Using his exclusive access to previously classified documents, Iranian defectors ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24	Strategy and Nuclear Deterrence: An International Security Reader more books like this by Steven E Miller (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.31! new only from $15.95!
25 view cover	Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons more books like this by Joseph Cirincione add to wishlist Since their inception, nuclear weapons have multiplied at an alarming rate, leaving everyone from policymakers to concerned citizens wondering what it will take to slow, stop, or even reverse their spread. With clarity and expertise, Joseph Cirincione presents an even-handed look at the history of nuclear proliferation and an optimistic vision of ... see all copies from $7.06! new only from $9.00! \| SVS

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