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The Doomsday Machine

Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

podle Daniel Ellsberg ...

Shortlisted for the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-FictionFrom the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, the first insider exposé of the awful dangers of America's hidden, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that is chillingly still extantAt the same time former presidential advisor Daniel Ellsberg famously took the top-secret Pentagon Papers, he also took with ... Přečtěte si více

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Shortlisted for the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-FictionFrom the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, the first insider exposé of the awful dangers of America's hidden, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that is chillingly still extantAt the same time former presidential advisor Daniel Ellsberg famously took the top-secret Pentagon Papers, he also took with
... Přečtěte si více
85 Seconds to Midnight

A Physicist's Argument Against Rearmament

podle Carlo Rovelli ...

A warning to humankind from one of the world’s greatest physicists'What drives these pages is the guilty conscience of my profession, theoretical physics. My sole aim is to help avert what seems to me to be the unintended, yet scarcely avoidable, end point of the current politics of the governments we have elected: nuclear war.'The world is rearming and embroiled in endless conflict. The Doomsday ... Přečtěte si více

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A warning to humankind from one of the world’s greatest physicists'What drives these pages is the guilty conscience of my profession, theoretical physics. My sole aim is to help avert what seems to me to be the unintended, yet scarcely avoidable, end point of the current politics of the governments we have elected: nuclear war.'The world is rearming and embroiled in endless conflict. The Doomsday
... Přečtěte si více
Hiroshima

podle John Hersey ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through the memories of the survivors of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city."The perspective [Hiroshima] ... Přečtěte si více

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through the memories of the survivors of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city."The perspective [Hiroshima]
... Přečtěte si více
Why Pakistan Can't Be Ignored ?

podle Dr Naim Tahir Baig ...

Book DescriptionWhy Pakistan Can't Be Ignored? Understanding the Nation That Shapes Global PoliticsIn May 2025, as precision missiles streaked across the India-Pakistan border in the first-ever jet-era dogfight between nuclear-armed nations, the world was reminded once again why Pakistan cannot be relegated to the margins of global affairs. "Why Pakistan Can't Be Ignored?" presents the definitive ... Přečtěte si více

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Book DescriptionWhy Pakistan Can't Be Ignored? Understanding the Nation That Shapes Global PoliticsIn May 2025, as precision missiles streaked across the India-Pakistan border in the first-ever jet-era dogfight between nuclear-armed nations, the world was reminded once again why Pakistan cannot be relegated to the margins of global affairs. "Why Pakistan Can't Be Ignored?" presents the definitive
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Sacred War

Inside the Japanese Experience, 1937–1945

podle Theodore F. Cook, Haruko Taya Cook ...

The first effort to reconstruct the history of the Pacific War exclusively from internal Japanese sources, from the renowned historiansA magisterial work of political, social, and military history, Sacred War sets a new standard for understanding the events that forever transformed America, Japan, and the world.Celebrated historians Theodore F. and Haruko Taya Cook, whose oral history of the ... Přečtěte si více

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The first effort to reconstruct the history of the Pacific War exclusively from internal Japanese sources, from the renowned historiansA magisterial work of political, social, and military history, Sacred War sets a new standard for understanding the events that forever transformed America, Japan, and the world.Celebrated historians Theodore F. and Haruko Taya Cook, whose oral history of the
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America's War On Syria : Donald Trump's Attack on Biochemical Weapons :Myth or Truth?

podle Henry J. Anderson ...

The War On SyriaConspiracy Theory or Truth?Is there really more to it than meets the eye? America's war on Syria has drawn international attention worldwide and has brought this nation a lot of backlash.Are we being lied to? Is our media feeding us propaganda to fit the narrative of those in positions of power to uphold the status quo?Discover The TruthMy Book Cover... ... Přečtěte si více

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The War On SyriaConspiracy Theory or Truth?Is there really more to it than meets the eye? America's war on Syria has drawn international attention worldwide and has brought this nation a lot of backlash.Are we being lied to? Is our media feeding us propaganda to fit the narrative of those in positions of power to uphold the status quo?Discover The TruthMy Book Cover...
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Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace

The Rise, Demise, and Revival of Arms Control

podle Michael Krepon ...

The definitive guide to the history of nuclear arms control by a wise eavesdropper and masterful storyteller, Michael Krepon.The greatest unacknowledged diplomatic achievement of the Cold War was the absence of mushroom clouds. Deterrence alone was too dangerous to succeed; it needed arms control to prevent nuclear warfare. So, U.S. and Soviet leaders ventured into the unknown to devise guardrails ... Přečtěte si více

493,79 Kč

The definitive guide to the history of nuclear arms control by a wise eavesdropper and masterful storyteller, Michael Krepon.The greatest unacknowledged diplomatic achievement of the Cold War was the absence of mushroom clouds. Deterrence alone was too dangerous to succeed; it needed arms control to prevent nuclear warfare. So, U.S. and Soviet leaders ventured into the unknown to devise guardrails
... Přečtěte si více
On the Brink of Nuclear War: Cuban Missile Crisis - Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States

podle Scott S. F. Meaker ...

On the Brink of Nuclear War: Cuban Missile Crisis - Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States.Note: This is a short history.During the 1950s, the big fear was nuclear war. From the Soviet Union’s perspective, having a communist stronghold so close to the American border was a dream come true. By the early 1960s, there was a strong undercurrent of tension between the Americans and the Soviets. Aside ... Přečtěte si více

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On the Brink of Nuclear War: Cuban Missile Crisis - Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States.Note: This is a short history.During the 1950s, the big fear was nuclear war. From the Soviet Union’s perspective, having a communist stronghold so close to the American border was a dream come true. By the early 1960s, there was a strong undercurrent of tension between the Americans and the Soviets. Aside
... Přečtěte si více
Eurasian Tinderbox

The U.S. Buildup Against Russia and China

podle Jimmy Colwill ...

On August 6 1945, the United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Japan. The subsequent Cold War between the West and Soviet Russia witnessed the most dangerous flashpoints in human history. Today, as NATO carries out the biggest military buildup on Russia's borders since Hitler's invasion of the USSR in 1941, the spectre of an accidental nuclear war has returned with a vengeance. On ... Přečtěte si více

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On August 6 1945, the United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Japan. The subsequent Cold War between the West and Soviet Russia witnessed the most dangerous flashpoints in human history. Today, as NATO carries out the biggest military buildup on Russia's borders since Hitler's invasion of the USSR in 1941, the spectre of an accidental nuclear war has returned with a vengeance. On
... Přečtěte si více
Unclear Physics

Why Iraq and Libya Failed to Build Nuclear Weapons

podle Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer ...

Série série Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Many authoritarian leaders want nuclear weapons, but few manage to acquire them. Autocrats seeking nuclear weapons fail in different ways and to varying degrees—Iraq almost managed it; Libya did not come close. In Unclear Physics, Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer compares the two failed nuclear weapons programs, showing that state capacity played a crucial role in the trajectory and outcomes of both ... Přečtěte si více

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Many authoritarian leaders want nuclear weapons, but few manage to acquire them. Autocrats seeking nuclear weapons fail in different ways and to varying degrees—Iraq almost managed it; Libya did not come close. In Unclear Physics, Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer compares the two failed nuclear weapons programs, showing that state capacity played a crucial role in the trajectory and outcomes of both
... Přečtěte si více
Doom Town, USA

The Nevada Test Site as Ground Zero of 1950s American Culture

podle John Wills ...

Cultural scholar John Wills takes readers on a cultural tour of Doom Town, USA, designed to be the model 1950s American city and destroyed by an atomic bomb on live television to educate Americans on the need to prepare for possible nuclear war—but also to sell new products in the emerging postwar economic boom.In March 1953 and May 1955, government officials—including the Federal Civil Defense ... Přečtěte si více

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Cultural scholar John Wills takes readers on a cultural tour of Doom Town, USA, designed to be the model 1950s American city and destroyed by an atomic bomb on live television to educate Americans on the need to prepare for possible nuclear war—but also to sell new products in the emerging postwar economic boom.In March 1953 and May 1955, government officials—including the Federal Civil Defense
... Přečtěte si více
Homemaking for the Apocalypse

Domesticating Horror in Atomic Age Literature & Media

podle Jill Anderson ...

Série série Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
In Homemaking for the Apocalypse, Jill E. Anderson interrogates patterns of Atomic Age conformity that controlled the domestic practices and private activities of Americans. Used as a way to promote security in a period rife with anxieties about nuclear annihilation and The Bomb, these narratives of domesticity were governed by ideals of compulsory normativity, and their circulation upheld the ... Přečtěte si více

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In Homemaking for the Apocalypse, Jill E. Anderson interrogates patterns of Atomic Age conformity that controlled the domestic practices and private activities of Americans. Used as a way to promote security in a period rife with anxieties about nuclear annihilation and The Bomb, these narratives of domesticity were governed by ideals of compulsory normativity, and their circulation upheld the
... Přečtěte si více
¿Podría Estar En Peligro El Futuro De La Humanidad?

podle Brother Adalberto Santiago ...

La humanidad está en una encrucijada¿Podría una Tercera Guerra Mundial poner fin a la civilización tal como la conocemos?Esta obra reveladora explora el delicado equilibrio entre la fe, la política y el poder global a través del lente de las profecías bíblicas y los conflictos mundiales. Con una combinación única de análisis histórico y perspectiva espiritual sobre la guerra nuclear, revela las ... Přečtěte si více

149,79 Kč

La humanidad está en una encrucijada¿Podría una Tercera Guerra Mundial poner fin a la civilización tal como la conocemos?Esta obra reveladora explora el delicado equilibrio entre la fe, la política y el poder global a través del lente de las profecías bíblicas y los conflictos mundiales. Con una combinación única de análisis histórico y perspectiva espiritual sobre la guerra nuclear, revela las
... Přečtěte si více
Krieg und Frieden im Kopf, Vom Kriegsenkel zum Friedensstifter

podle Sandra Schulz ...

Krieg" ist ein tiefgreifendes und oft verstörendes literarisches Werk, das die Realität und die Grausamkeit des Krieges auf erschütternde Weise darstellt. In diesem Buch taucht der Leser in die Abgründe menschlicher Natur ein, während er Zeuge wird von Gewalt, Zerstörung und dem Verlust von Unschuld.Der Autor entfaltet eine Geschichte, die die Schrecken des Krieges in all ihren Facetten zeigt. Von ... Přečtěte si více

171,22 Kč

Krieg" ist ein tiefgreifendes und oft verstörendes literarisches Werk, das die Realität und die Grausamkeit des Krieges auf erschütternde Weise darstellt. In diesem Buch taucht der Leser in die Abgründe menschlicher Natur ein, während er Zeuge wird von Gewalt, Zerstörung und dem Verlust von Unschuld.Der Autor entfaltet eine Geschichte, die die Schrecken des Krieges in all ihren Facetten zeigt. Von
... Přečtěte si více
The Greatest Scientific Gamble

A Story of Impossible Odds, Rival Scientists, and the Atomic Bomb

podle Michael Joseloff ...

During World War II, a group of physicists who had once been close friends found themselves on opposite sides of a deadly race. German scientist Werner Heisenberg and American physicists Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Sam Goudsmit were all leading figures in nuclear research. But after the attack on Pearl Harbor, their shared passion for science turned into a high-stakes competition to ... Přečtěte si více

539,29 Kč

During World War II, a group of physicists who had once been close friends found themselves on opposite sides of a deadly race. German scientist Werner Heisenberg and American physicists Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Sam Goudsmit were all leading figures in nuclear research. But after the attack on Pearl Harbor, their shared passion for science turned into a high-stakes competition to
... Přečtěte si více
Below Test Depth

podle Moses F. Pollard ...

64,08 Kč
Disarming Doomsday

The Human Impact of Nuclear Weapons since Hiroshima

podle Becky Alexis-Martin ...

Série série Radical Geography
***Winner of the L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize 2020******Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award 2020***Since the first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, the history of nuclear warfare has been tangled with the spaces and places of scientific research and weapons testing, armament and disarmament, pacifism and proliferation. Nuclear geography gives us the tools to understand these ... Přečtěte si více

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***Winner of the L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize 2020******Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award 2020***Since the first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, the history of nuclear warfare has been tangled with the spaces and places of scientific research and weapons testing, armament and disarmament, pacifism and proliferation. Nuclear geography gives us the tools to understand these
... Přečtěte si více
Tickling the Dragon's Tail

Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Scientists in the Nuclear Age

podle Jeffrey Kaplan ...

Why is the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever before?In Tickling the Dragon's Tail, readers are taken deep inside the political and military decisions that have shaped our nuclear age. From the bombing of Hiroshima to near-catastrophes like the Cuban Missile Crisis and a NATO exercise that almost triggered World War III, this gripping history uncovers the hidden motivations and power ... Přečtěte si více

192,65 Kč

Why is the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever before?In Tickling the Dragon's Tail, readers are taken deep inside the political and military decisions that have shaped our nuclear age. From the bombing of Hiroshima to near-catastrophes like the Cuban Missile Crisis and a NATO exercise that almost triggered World War III, this gripping history uncovers the hidden motivations and power
... Přečtěte si více
A History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945–1963

podle David M. Blades, Joseph M. Siracusa ...

Série série Weapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Technologies
The story of U. S. nuclear testing between 1945 and 1963 is a vivid and exciting one, but also one of profound importance. It is a story of trailblazing scientific progress, weapons of mass destruction, superpower rivalry, accidents, radiological contamination, politics, and diplomacy. The testing of weapons that defined the course and consequences of the Cold War was itself a crucial dimension to ... Přečtěte si více

2 262,29 Kč

The story of U. S. nuclear testing between 1945 and 1963 is a vivid and exciting one, but also one of profound importance. It is a story of trailblazing scientific progress, weapons of mass destruction, superpower rivalry, accidents, radiological contamination, politics, and diplomacy. The testing of weapons that defined the course and consequences of the Cold War was itself a crucial dimension to
... Přečtěte si více
Nuclear Logics

Contrasting Paths in East Asia and the Middle East

podle Etel Solingen ...

Série série Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
Nuclear Logics examines why some states seek nuclear weapons while others renounce them. Looking closely at nine cases in East Asia and the Middle East, Etel Solingen finds two distinct regional patterns. In East Asia, the norm since the late 1960s has been to forswear nuclear weapons, and North Korea, which makes no secret of its nuclear ambitions, is the anomaly. In the Middle East the opposite ... Přečtěte si více

817,79 Kč

Nuclear Logics examines why some states seek nuclear weapons while others renounce them. Looking closely at nine cases in East Asia and the Middle East, Etel Solingen finds two distinct regional patterns. In East Asia, the norm since the late 1960s has been to forswear nuclear weapons, and North Korea, which makes no secret of its nuclear ambitions, is the anomaly. In the Middle East the opposite
... Přečtěte si více
Nagasaki

The Forgotten Prisoners

podle John Willis ...

Ever wondered about the untold stories of bravery and resilience during World War II?Penned by esteemed author and documentary maker John Willis, this poignant narrative unveils the harrowing experiences of British and Australian POWs in Japan during World War II. It's a tale of resilience, camaraderie, and the indomitable human spirit under the shadow of the devastating atomic bombing of Nagasaki ... Přečtěte si více

407,19 Kč

Ever wondered about the untold stories of bravery and resilience during World War II?Penned by esteemed author and documentary maker John Willis, this poignant narrative unveils the harrowing experiences of British and Australian POWs in Japan during World War II. It's a tale of resilience, camaraderie, and the indomitable human spirit under the shadow of the devastating atomic bombing of Nagasaki
... Přečtěte si více
Tempting Fate

Why Nonnuclear States Confront Nuclear Opponents

podle Paul C. Avey ...

Série série Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Unpacking of the dynamics of conflict under conditions of nuclear monopoly, Paul C. Avey argues in Tempting Fatethat the costs and benefits of using nuclear weapons create openings that weak nonnuclear actors can exploit. Avey uses four case studies to show the key strategies available to nonnuclear states: Iraqi decision-making under Saddam Hussein in confrontations with the United States; ... Přečtěte si více

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Unpacking of the dynamics of conflict under conditions of nuclear monopoly, Paul C. Avey argues in Tempting Fatethat the costs and benefits of using nuclear weapons create openings that weak nonnuclear actors can exploit. Avey uses four case studies to show the key strategies available to nonnuclear states: Iraqi decision-making under Saddam Hussein in confrontations with the United States;
... Přečtěte si více
IRAN-A Writ of Deception and Cover-up

Iranian Regime's Secret Committee Hid Military Dimensions of its Nuclear Program

podle NCRI- U.S. Representative Office ...

Based on reliable information obtained by the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) network inside Iran, a top-secret committee is in charge of drafting the answers to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding the Possible Military Dimensions (PMD) of Tehran's nuclear program. Top officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of Defense Armed Forces Logistics ... Přečtěte si více

21,43 Kč

Based on reliable information obtained by the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) network inside Iran, a top-secret committee is in charge of drafting the answers to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding the Possible Military Dimensions (PMD) of Tehran's nuclear program. Top officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of Defense Armed Forces Logistics
... Přečtěte si více
Sam Nunn

Statesman of the Nuclear Age

podle Frank Leith Jones ...

Série série Congressional Leaders
In a 2012 opinion piece bemoaning the state of the US Senate, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank cited a “leading theory: There are no giants in the chamber today.” Among the respected members who once walked the Senate floor, admired for their expertise and with a stature that went beyond party, Milbank counted Sam Nunn (D-GA).Nunn served in the Senate for four terms beginning in 1972, at a ... Přečtěte si více

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In a 2012 opinion piece bemoaning the state of the US Senate, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank cited a “leading theory: There are no giants in the chamber today.” Among the respected members who once walked the Senate floor, admired for their expertise and with a stature that went beyond party, Milbank counted Sam Nunn (D-GA).Nunn served in the Senate for four terms beginning in 1972, at a
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The Doomsday Machine

85 Seconds to Midnight

Hiroshima

Why Pakistan Can't Be Ignored ?

Sacred War

America's War On Syria : Donald Trump's Attack on Biochemical Weapons :Myth or Truth?

Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace

On the Brink of Nuclear War: Cuban Missile Crisis - Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States

Eurasian Tinderbox

Unclear Physics

Doom Town, USA

Homemaking for the Apocalypse

¿Podría Estar En Peligro El Futuro De La Humanidad?

Krieg und Frieden im Kopf, Vom Kriegsenkel zum Friedensstifter

The Greatest Scientific Gamble

Below Test Depth

Disarming Doomsday

Tickling the Dragon's Tail

A History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945–1963

Nuclear Logics

Nagasaki

Tempting Fate

IRAN-A Writ of Deception and Cover-up

Sam Nunn