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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

276,69 Kč

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

241,19 Kč

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

106,09 Kč

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
Nuclear Rivals in the Middle East

podle Shyam Bhatia ...

Série série Routledge Library Editions: War and Security in the Middle East
Nuclear weapons are the elusive ‘toys’ of modern warfare and are hankered after by every Middle Eastern government. Although no Middle eastern government has formally admitted that the purpose of its investment in nuclear research is to develop weapons, it is certain that two countries, Israel and Pakistan, have mastered the technology for making nuclear bombs and that others are attempting to ... Přečtěte si více

1 192,33 Kč

Nuclear weapons are the elusive ‘toys’ of modern warfare and are hankered after by every Middle Eastern government. Although no Middle eastern government has formally admitted that the purpose of its investment in nuclear research is to develop weapons, it is certain that two countries, Israel and Pakistan, have mastered the technology for making nuclear bombs and that others are attempting to
... Přečtěte si více
Trinity

The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History

podle Frank Close ...

'Everything about this story is astounding' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times"Trinity" was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Trinity is now also the extraordinary story of the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls; his intellectual son, the atomic spy, Klaus Fuchs, and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR.Against the ... Přečtěte si více

349,09 Kč

'Everything about this story is astounding' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times"Trinity" was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Trinity is now also the extraordinary story of the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls; his intellectual son, the atomic spy, Klaus Fuchs, and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR.Against the
... Přečtěte si více
Guns, Atom and Diplomacy: Insights, Analysis & Perspectives from the World of A&D, Nuclear, Strategy & Geopolitics

The Nuclear Gordian Knot

podle Rajat Narang ...

Série série The Nuclear Gordian Knot
The 2026 edition of Guns, Atom & Diplomacy provides cutting-edge insights, comprehensive analysis and unmatched global perspectives on all that is latest, trending and burning issues from the world of Aerospace & Defense (A&D), Nuclear and Geopolitics as the traditional world order has already become a disorder marked by utter chaos, anarchy and a return to strategic power competition.Trump's ... Přečtěte si více

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The 2026 edition of Guns, Atom & Diplomacy provides cutting-edge insights, comprehensive analysis and unmatched global perspectives on all that is latest, trending and burning issues from the world of Aerospace & Defense (A&D), Nuclear and Geopolitics as the traditional world order has already become a disorder marked by utter chaos, anarchy and a return to strategic power competition.Trump's
... Přečtěte si více
Safeguarding the Atom

A Critical Appraisal

podle David Fischer, Paul Szasz ...

Série série Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security
Safeguards play a key role in verifying the effectiveness of restraints on the spread of nuclear weapons. Originally published in 1985, this book is a study of the safeguards system of the International Atomic Energy Agency, an important element of the non-proliferation regime. It breaks new ground by focusing on the politics of safeguards, especially the political problems of the IAEA and of the ... Přečtěte si více

1 050,36 Kč

Safeguards play a key role in verifying the effectiveness of restraints on the spread of nuclear weapons. Originally published in 1985, this book is a study of the safeguards system of the International Atomic Energy Agency, an important element of the non-proliferation regime. It breaks new ground by focusing on the politics of safeguards, especially the political problems of the IAEA and of the
... Přečtěte si více
Atomic Assurance

The Alliance Politics of Nuclear Proliferation

podle Alexander Lanoszka ...

Série série Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Do alliances curb efforts by states to develop nuclear weapons? Atomic Assurance looks at what makes alliances sufficiently credible to prevent nuclear proliferation; how alliances can break down and so encourage nuclear proliferation; and whether security guarantors like the United States can use alliance ties to end the nuclear efforts of their allies.Alexander Lanoszka finds that military ... Přečtěte si více

829,19 Kč

Do alliances curb efforts by states to develop nuclear weapons? Atomic Assurance looks at what makes alliances sufficiently credible to prevent nuclear proliferation; how alliances can break down and so encourage nuclear proliferation; and whether security guarantors like the United States can use alliance ties to end the nuclear efforts of their allies.Alexander Lanoszka finds that military
... Přečtěte si více
Cold War

America vs. Soviet Union

podle A.J. Kingston ...

Discover the gripping story of the Cold War, a defining feature of global politics and diplomacy in the 20th century. In "The Cold War: America vs. Soviet Union," offers a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the complex and multifaceted nature of this defining conflict.Through a carefully researched and engagingly written narrative, readers will be taken on a journey through the origins, key ... Přečtěte si více

106,94 Kč

Discover the gripping story of the Cold War, a defining feature of global politics and diplomacy in the 20th century. In "The Cold War: America vs. Soviet Union," offers a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the complex and multifaceted nature of this defining conflict.Through a carefully researched and engagingly written narrative, readers will be taken on a journey through the origins, key
... Přečtěte si více
Saudi Arabia and Iran

Power and Rivalry in the Middle East

podle Simon Mabon ...

In the wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution, relations between states in the Middle East were reconfigured and reassessed overnight. Amongst the most-affected was the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The existence of a new regime in Tehran led to increasingly vitriolic confrontations between these two states, often manifesting themselves in the conflicts across the region, such as those ... Přečtěte si více

2 343,39 Kč

In the wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution, relations between states in the Middle East were reconfigured and reassessed overnight. Amongst the most-affected was the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The existence of a new regime in Tehran led to increasingly vitriolic confrontations between these two states, often manifesting themselves in the conflicts across the region, such as those
... Přečtěte si více
Nuclear Dawn

The Atomic Bomb, from the Manhattan Project to the Cold War

podle James P. Delgado ...

At once fascinating and horrific, this book details the conception, development and impact of the atomic bombs infamously dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.The obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 brought the world to a stand still. This unimaginable shock confirmed to the world that the race to develop a working atomic weapon during World War II had been won by ... Přečtěte si více

351,99 Kč

At once fascinating and horrific, this book details the conception, development and impact of the atomic bombs infamously dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.The obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 brought the world to a stand still. This unimaginable shock confirmed to the world that the race to develop a working atomic weapon during World War II had been won by
... Přečtěte si více
Five Missiles at Midnight

Inside the Soviet bunker where one man faced a nuclear illusion

podle Jasper Wilson ...

Just after midnight on September 26, 1983, inside a sealed Soviet bunker south of Moscow, a warning appeared on a screen. The system claimed the United States had launched a nuclear strike. One missile became five. Ground radar could not yet confirm the attack, the command chain was already designed to move fast, and Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov had only minutes to decide whether the ... Přečtěte si více

103,00 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

Just after midnight on September 26, 1983, inside a sealed Soviet bunker south of Moscow, a warning appeared on a screen. The system claimed the United States had launched a nuclear strike. One missile became five. Ground radar could not yet confirm the attack, the command chain was already designed to move fast, and Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov had only minutes to decide whether the
... Přečtěte si více
DESIGN OF UNDERGROUND INSTALLATIONS IN ROCK

Army Tech Manual TM 5-857-3

podle U.S. Army ...

Army Technical Manual TM 5-857-3This obscure and unusual 1961 manual details how the U.S. military goes about planning/constructing underground installations and bases. Chock-full of intricate details on design criteria, costing, construction methods and various special features like multiple portals, blast doors, ventilation considerations. If you ever wanted to build your own secret underground ... Přečtěte si více

42,65 Kč

Army Technical Manual TM 5-857-3This obscure and unusual 1961 manual details how the U.S. military goes about planning/constructing underground installations and bases. Chock-full of intricate details on design criteria, costing, construction methods and various special features like multiple portals, blast doors, ventilation considerations. If you ever wanted to build your own secret underground
... Přečtěte si více
Keeping the Peace

The Aldermaston Story

podle David Hawkings ...

An illustrated history of the UK's nuclear weapons program.In 1940 two scientists, refugees from Nazi Germany, wrote a memorandum which was to prove one of the most significant documents of the twentieth century. In it, they outlined proposals for the manufacture of a uranium-fueled 'super bomb.' The paper propelled Britain into the forefront of research into nuclear weapons and led, through the ... Přečtěte si více

273,79 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

An illustrated history of the UK's nuclear weapons program.In 1940 two scientists, refugees from Nazi Germany, wrote a memorandum which was to prove one of the most significant documents of the twentieth century. In it, they outlined proposals for the manufacture of a uranium-fueled 'super bomb.' The paper propelled Britain into the forefront of research into nuclear weapons and led, through the
... Přečtěte si více
Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1960–75

podle Steven J. Zaloga ...

Série Kniha 308 - New Vanguard
A new analysis of the technology and tanks that faced off against each other on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, during the very height of the Cold War.From the 1960s onwards, there was a generational shift in tank design and warfare with the advent of CBR (chemical, biological, radiological) protection and a move away from HEAT ammunition to APFSDS. This shift confronted the growing threat of ... Přečtěte si více

325,79 Kč

A new analysis of the technology and tanks that faced off against each other on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, during the very height of the Cold War.From the 1960s onwards, there was a generational shift in tank design and warfare with the advent of CBR (chemical, biological, radiological) protection and a move away from HEAT ammunition to APFSDS. This shift confronted the growing threat of
... Přečtěte si více
THE CONTINUAL AFTERMATH OF THE RUSSIA AND UKRAINE WAR

All You Need to Know About What Has Been Lost After Nearly Two Years of War

podle Nicholas Slater ...

In the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, "The Continual Aftermath" emerges as a powerful testament to the enduring impact of conflict on the human spirit. Penned by Nicholas Slater, this gripping narrative is a clarion call to action, urging readers to confront the stark realities that persist long after the guns fall silent.As the pages unfold, we embark on a journey through the war-ravaged ... Přečtěte si více

113,30 Kč

In the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, "The Continual Aftermath" emerges as a powerful testament to the enduring impact of conflict on the human spirit. Penned by Nicholas Slater, this gripping narrative is a clarion call to action, urging readers to confront the stark realities that persist long after the guns fall silent.As the pages unfold, we embark on a journey through the war-ravaged
... Přečtěte si více
Project Emily: Thor IRBM and the RAF

podle John Boyes ...

A history of the 4-year period from 1959 to 1963 when RAF bomber command operated 60 Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles as part of the UK nuclear deterrent force, and how and why it was dismantled. It is well illustrated with aerial photographs of the missile bases alongside photographs, maps and diagrams. ... Přečtěte si více

310,79 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

A history of the 4-year period from 1959 to 1963 when RAF bomber command operated 60 Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles as part of the UK nuclear deterrent force, and how and why it was dismantled. It is well illustrated with aerial photographs of the missile bases alongside photographs, maps and diagrams.
... Přečtěte si více
The Third Nuclear Age

Complexity, Contestation, and the Evolution of Global Order

podle Andrew Futter ...

This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Academic and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence. Eighty years after the first nuclear weapons were exploded over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world has moved into a new, more dangerous, contested, and ... Přečtěte si více

2 217,79 Kč

This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Academic and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence. Eighty years after the first nuclear weapons were exploded over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world has moved into a new, more dangerous, contested, and
... Přečtěte si více
Hiroshima, 8:15

A newly discovered memoir and eyewitness account from a survivor of the atomic bomb

podle Kiyoshi Tanimoto ...

A newly discovered firsthand account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath from one of the survivors—a lost classic that brings unprecedented immediacy to our understanding of this world-changing event.The whole city was covered with dark clouds, and conflagrations were breaking out in various directions. Could all of this have happened at once? It was then that black drops of rain, as big as ... Přečtěte si více

395,69 Kč

A newly discovered firsthand account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath from one of the survivors—a lost classic that brings unprecedented immediacy to our understanding of this world-changing event.The whole city was covered with dark clouds, and conflagrations were breaking out in various directions. Could all of this have happened at once? It was then that black drops of rain, as big as
... Přečtěte si více
Atomic Thunder

British Nuclear Testing in Australia

podle Elizabeth Tynan ...

An in-depth account of Great Britain's atomic testing efforts in South Australia in the 1950s and '60s, and its effects.British nuclear testing took place at Maralinga, South Australia, between 1956 and 1963, after Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies had handed over 3,200 square kilometres of open desert to the British Government, without informing his own people. The atomic weapons test ... Přečtěte si více

270,59 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

An in-depth account of Great Britain's atomic testing efforts in South Australia in the 1950s and '60s, and its effects.British nuclear testing took place at Maralinga, South Australia, between 1956 and 1963, after Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies had handed over 3,200 square kilometres of open desert to the British Government, without informing his own people. The atomic weapons test
... Přečtěte si více
Hiroshima and Here

Reflections on Australian Atomic Culture

podle Monash University ...

This study provides a cultural history of Nuclear Age Australia. The author examines the country’s role as a weapons testing site, its ambition to join the postwar nuclear club of nations, the heated controversies surrounding uranium mining and nuclear power, and the rich complexity of Australian cultural response to the fact and possibility of atomic destruction. ... Přečtěte si více

2 177,49 Kč

This study provides a cultural history of Nuclear Age Australia. The author examines the country’s role as a weapons testing site, its ambition to join the postwar nuclear club of nations, the heated controversies surrounding uranium mining and nuclear power, and the rich complexity of Australian cultural response to the fact and possibility of atomic destruction.
... Přečtěte si více
Euromissiles

The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO

podle Susan Colbourn ...

In Euromissiles, Susan Colbourn tells the story of the height of nuclear crisis and the remarkable waning of the fear that gripped the globe.In the Cold War conflict that pitted nuclear superpowers against one another, Europe was the principal battleground. Washington and Moscow had troops on the ground and missiles in the fields of their respective allies, the NATO nations and the states of the ... Přečtěte si více

529,19 Kč

In Euromissiles, Susan Colbourn tells the story of the height of nuclear crisis and the remarkable waning of the fear that gripped the globe.In the Cold War conflict that pitted nuclear superpowers against one another, Europe was the principal battleground. Washington and Moscow had troops on the ground and missiles in the fields of their respective allies, the NATO nations and the states of the
... Přečtěte si více
Operation Hurricane

The story of Britain's first atomic test in Australia and the legacy that remains

podle Paul Grace ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WA PREMIER'S BOOK AWARDS - BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARGARET MEDCALF AWARD 2024'I remember seeing a flash, I turned around and heard a roar like a train approaching in a tunnel. Then a tremendous crack like a whiplash passed directly overhead. I saw a mushroom cloud ... There was black and white smoke, orange and red flames ascending through the centre of the ... Přečtěte si více

456,79 Kč

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WA PREMIER'S BOOK AWARDS - BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARGARET MEDCALF AWARD 2024'I remember seeing a flash, I turned around and heard a roar like a train approaching in a tunnel. Then a tremendous crack like a whiplash passed directly overhead. I saw a mushroom cloud ... There was black and white smoke, orange and red flames ascending through the centre of the
... Přečtěte si více
Morality and the Bomb

An Ethical Assessment of Nuclear Deterrence

podle David Fisher ...

Série série Routledge Library Editions: Ethics
Originally published in 1985, this book surveys how NATO policy sought to come to terms with the revolution in thinking about war which was brought about by the advent of nuclear weapons. It also examines the logic of deterrence. The book assesses the ethical issues involved, using as a framework the tradition of the idea of the Just War. A detailed modern version of the theory is elaborated and ... Přečtěte si více

1 050,36 Kč

Originally published in 1985, this book surveys how NATO policy sought to come to terms with the revolution in thinking about war which was brought about by the advent of nuclear weapons. It also examines the logic of deterrence. The book assesses the ethical issues involved, using as a framework the tradition of the idea of the Just War. A detailed modern version of the theory is elaborated and
... Přečtěte si více

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The Doomsday Machine

85 Seconds to Midnight

Hiroshima

Nuclear Rivals in the Middle East

Trinity

Guns, Atom and Diplomacy: Insights, Analysis & Perspectives from the World of A&D, Nuclear, Strategy & Geopolitics

Safeguarding the Atom

Atomic Assurance

Cold War

Saudi Arabia and Iran

Nuclear Dawn

Five Missiles at Midnight

DESIGN OF UNDERGROUND INSTALLATIONS IN ROCK

Keeping the Peace

Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1960–75

THE CONTINUAL AFTERMATH OF THE RUSSIA AND UKRAINE WAR

Project Emily: Thor IRBM and the RAF

The Third Nuclear Age

Hiroshima, 8:15

Atomic Thunder

Hiroshima and Here

Euromissiles

Operation Hurricane

Morality and the Bomb