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  • If Russia Wins

    'My book of the year' Alastair Campbell (The Rest is Politics)

    by Carlo Masala ...
    **THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**A New Statesman Book of the Year**A Le Monde Best Book of 2025'Amazing ... My book of the year' Alastair Campbell, The Rest Is Politics**'So compelling ... So plausible' New Statesman'Chilling' Financial Times'Blistering' Economist**'A cracking book ... Reads like a thriller' Matt... ... Read more

    8,79 €

  • Nuclear War

    The bestselling non-fiction thriller, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize

    by Annie Jacobsen ...
    The Sunday Times bestselling edge-of-your-seat exploration of what would happen in the event of nuclear war, perfect for readers of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.Nuclear war begins with a blip on a radar screen.This is a minute-by-minute account of what comes next.It has to be read to be believed.'A stomach-clenching, multi-perspective, ticking-clock, ... Read more

    Was 14,99 € Now 9,49 €

  • Licence Renewed

    A James Bond thriller

    by John Gardner ...
    Series Book 16 - James Bond
    'History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts' Ian FlemingIan Fleming's 007 returns in an original, authorised Bond thriller with a new introduction from Sunday Times bestselling author M J ArlidgeBond has been assigned to investigate one Dr. Anton Murik, a brilliant nuclear physicist who is thought to have been meeting with a terrorist known as ... Read more

    2,99 €

  • The Taking of K-129

    How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History

    by Josh Dean ...
    **An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering set at the height of the Cold War—a mix between The Hunt for Red October and Argo—about how the CIA, the U.S. Navy, and America’s most eccentric mogul spent six years and nearly a billion dollars to steal the nuclear-armed Soviet submarine K-129 after it had sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean; all while the Russians were watching.In the ... Read more

    6,67 €

  • Outlaw Platoon

    Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan

    by Sean Parnell, John Bruning ...
    Acclaimed for its vivid, poignant, and honest recreation of sixteen brutal months of nearly continuous battle in the deadly Hindu Kesh, Outlaw Platoon is a Band of Brothers or We Were Soldiers Once and Young for the early 21st century—a riveting, action-packed, highly emotional war memoir and true story of enormous sacrifice and bravery.At twenty-four years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell ... Read more

    8,68 €

  • Who Rules the World?

    by Noam Chomsky ...
    The essential account of geopolitics right now, from one of our greatest living intellectuals - including a new afterword on President Donald TrumpNoam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our lives, calling the powers that be to account. Here he presents Who Rules the World?, his definitive account of those powers ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • The Dead Hand (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy

    by David Hoffman ...
    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe first full account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close, this riveting narrative history sheds new light on the people who struggled to end this era of massive overkill, and examines the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today.Drawing on memoirs, interviews in both Russia and the US, and classified ... Read more

    5,18 €

  • Heller als tausend Sonnen

    Das Schicksal der Atomforscher

    by Robert Jungk ...
    Roberts Jungks Buch von 1956 ist eine Warnung vor der Zerstörung der Erde - und heute ein Klassiker der politischen Literatur, der eine ganze Generation geprägt hat. Jungk beschreibt die Geschichte der Atombombe als «eine Geschichte wirklicher Menschen» (Carl Friedrich Frhr. von Weizsäcker), die im Sommer 1939 noch in der Lage gewesen war, den Bau von Atombomben zu verhindern und die Chance ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • Iran's Revolutionary Guard: The Threat That Grows While America Sleeps

    by Steven O'Hern ...
    Since the Iranian Revolution more than thirty years ago, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Revolutionary Guard, has conducted covert and overt military operations, built an economic empire, and trained, financed, and guided terrorists to pursue one goalùthe preservation and expansion of the Islamic revolution. Inside Iran the IRGC influences the country's politics, ... Read more

    26,72 €

  • 90 Seconds to Midnight

    A Hiroshima Survivor's Nuclear Odyssey

    by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs ...
    90 Seconds to Midnight tells the gripping and thought-provoking story of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow, a thirteen-year-old girl living in Hiroshima in 1945, when the city was annihilated by an atomic bomb. Struggling with grief and anger, Thurlow set out to warn the world about the horrors of a nuclear attack in a crusade that has lasted seven decades.In 2015 Thurlow sparked a rallying cry for ... Read more

    23,73 €

  • Atomvåbnene og fremtiden. Sikkerhedsproblemet i atomalderen og Danmark

    by Erling Bjøl ...
    "Når man i Danmark siden 1945 og navnlig siden 1949 er slået ind på en ny forsvarspolitik med et andet mål end ’at konstatere neutraliteten’, har den dybeste bevæggrund været ’at undgå en ny 9. april’. Alle mener ikke det samme hermed. Nogle mener at undgå en ny besættelse, andre at undgå en ny besættelse uden kamp."I 1963 undersøger Erling Bjøl Danmarks holdning til en mulig ny krig, landets ... Read more

    8,68 €

  • Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State

    by David Patrikarakos ...
    The Iranian nuclear crisis has dominated world politics since the beginning of the century, with the country now facing increasing diplomatic isolation, talk of military strikes against its nuclear facilities and a disastrous Middle East war. What is Iran's nuclear programme all about? What is its genesis? There is little real understanding of Iran's nuclear programme, in particular its history, ... Read more

    24,90 €

  • The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent

    Volume II: The Labour Government and the Polaris Programme, 1964-1970

    by Matthew Jones ...
    Series series Government Official History Series
    Volume II of The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent provides an authoritative and in-depth examination of the British government’s strategic nuclear policy from 1964 to 1970.Written with full access to the UK documentary record, Volume II examines the controversies that developed over nuclear policy following the arrival in office of a Labour government led by Harold Wilson in ... Read more

    57,22 €

  • The Los Alamos Primer

    The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb, Updated with a New Introduction by Richard Rhodes

    by Robert Serber ...
    More than seventy years ago, American forces exploded the first atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing great physical and human destruction. The young scientists at Los Alamos who developed the bombs, which were nicknamed Little Boy and Fat Man, were introduced to the basic principles and goals of the project in March 1943, at a crash course in new weapons ... Read more

    14,41 €

  • Playing with Fire of the Gods & Flying Matchsticks - Nuclear Weapons and the Reckless Cold War Rivalry between the Superpowers

    by Rajat Narang ...
    In 1983, American Astronomer & Scientist, Carl Sagan commented, referring to the Cold War, which, as a rehash of the 1960s had once again reached a crescendo in the early 1980s after the failed détente of 1970s, "Imagine a room awash in gasoline, and there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine thousand matches, the other seven thousand matches. Each of them is concerned ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • Regional Pathways to Nuclear Nonproliferation

    by Wilfred Wan ...
    Series Book 3 - Studies in Security and International Affairs
    The contemporary nuclear landscape is rife with challenges. Stagnated progress in disarmament, widespread modernization plans, and emergent proliferation pathways are contributing to the risk of catastrophe. Meanwhile, global nuclear order appears more precarious than ever.This book makes a case for a regional reorientation of the nuclear nonproliferation regime, arguing that a more specialized, ... Read more

    52,99 €

  • Carrying a Nuke to Sevastopol: One Pilot, One Engine, and One Plutonium Bomb

    by Daniel Ford ...
    This story began as a study of lofting or tossing nuclear weapons, known as"LABs," for Low Altitude Bombing system. I became fascinated with the notion of using the prop-driven Skyraider for this purpose, and the story evolved into an account of what it would have been like to drive this 1940s aircraft to Sevastopol on the first day of the Third World War. "Crazy days," as one pilot called the ... Read more

    2,54 €

  • Stopping the Bomb

    The Sources and Effectiveness of US Nonproliferation Policy

    by Nicholas L. Miller ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    This is an intense and meticulously sourced study on the topic of nuclear weapons proliferation, beginning with America's introduction of the Atomic Age... His book provides a full explanation of America's policy with a time sequence necessarily focusing on the domino effect of states acquiring a nuclear weapons capability and the import of bureaucratic decisions on international political ... Read more

    34,33 €

  • Aerial Guardians

    Drones in the Fight Against Weapons of Mass Destruction

    by William Burns ...
    In Aerial Guardians, William Burns provides a compelling and detailed examination of how drones have become an indispensable tool in modern warfare and counterterrorism efforts. Focusing on their pivotal role in detecting and combating weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), Burns takes readers on a journey through the technological advancements and strategic applications of these aerial marvels.From ... Read more

    4,23 €

  • قدیم جنگی حکمتِ عملی سے تیسری جنگِ عظیم تک

    تخت، تزویر اور تلوار: مشرق کے منصوبہ ساز, #8

    by Naila Hina, نائلہ حنا ...
    Series Book 8 - تخت، تزویر اور تلوار: مشرق کے منصوبہ ساز
    قدیم جنگی حکمتِ عملی سے تیسری جنگِ عظیم تکقدیم فلسفیوں اور ماہرینِ حکمتِ عملی کی خاموش مجالس سے لے کر جدید دنیا کے ہنگامہ خیز محاذوں تک، یہ کتاب صدیوں کے فکری سفر کو جوڑتی ہے۔ اس میں یہ سوال اٹھایا گیا ہے کہ کیا چانکیہ اور سن زو جیسے اساتذہ نے واقعی آسمانی چارٹ اور نجومی نقشے استعمال کیے؟ کیا وہ تقدیر کے نقشے تھے یا خوف کے آئینے؟آج، جب ایٹمی ہتھیار، مصنوعی ذہانت اور سائبر جنگیں حقیقت ہیں، کیا ایسی ... Read more

    7,99 €

  • The Six Minute War

    Reagan, Russia, and the Race to Automate Armageddon

    by Michael Dobbs ...
    New York Times bestselling author Michael Dobbs reconstructs the thrilling inside story of the climactic nuclear crisis of the Cold War, revealing the tension between “the human in the loop” and the algorithms that could trigger World War III.The year is 1983. Ronald Reagan is obsessed by biblical prophecies of Armageddon. A computer revolution is changing everything—from the way we track incoming ... Read more

    17,18 €

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  • When Proliferation Causes Peace

    The Psychology of Nuclear Crises

    by Michael D. Cohen ...
    Does state acquisition of nuclear weapons lead to stability and peace or instability and crises? This is one of the great debates in international relations scholarship. Michael D. Cohen argues that nuclear weapons acquisition often does dangerously embolden the acquiring state to undertake coercion and aggression, but that this behavior moderates over time as leaders learn the dangers and ... Read more

    32,43 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Command and Control

    by Eric Schlosser ...
    From famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, comes Command and Control a ground-breaking account of the management of nuclear weaponsA groundbreaking account of accidents, near-misses, extraordinary heroism and technological breakthroughs, Command and Control explores the dilemma that has existed since the dawn of the nuclear age: how do you deploy weapons of ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • Objections to Nuclear Defence

    Philosophers on Deterrence

    Edited by Nigel Blake, Kay Pole ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security
    Moral and political questions are vitally relevant to the issue of survival in the nuclear age. Ethics has much to teach us about the meaning of national defence and civic responsibility in the nuclear state. For instance, those in NATO who argue for increased spending on such weapons do so with the intention of defending the values of the West. They must therefore be absolutely sure that they are ... Read more

    42,61 €