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

by David M. Blades, Joseph M. Siracusa, Joseph M. Siracusa Deputy Dean of Global Studies The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Univer

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 the narrative of that conflict. Further, the central...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442232005
• ISBN13: 9781442232006
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"