Building The Bombs: A History Of The Nuclear Weapons Complex

By Charles R. Loeber

Book Overview

NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT-- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price This book presents a clear overview of the government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories and plants that designed, produced, and tested all nuclear weapons for the United States. It traces the history of that nuclear weapons complex (NWC) from its origins in the Manhattan Project to its current status as the National Security Administration (NSA) of the Department of Energy. The readable text is enhanced with illustrations, charts, and interesting episodes. An epilogue provides the author's answers to common questions about the NWC. Appendices include the agreement between the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Department of Defense (DOD) on responsibilities for nuclear weapons (1953), The National Environmental Policy Act (1970), and a brief summary of nuclear weapons treaties from 1963 to 1997. The second edition includes the reorganization of the National Nuclear Security Administration in 2002 and the Senate's radification of the Moscow Treaty in 2003. There is also a new section on binding energy and mass defect. Other related products: Reviewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT ) can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01072-2 Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977-1980, Volume XXVI, Arms Control and Nonproliferation can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/044-000-02673-2 Nuclear Weapons Materials Gone Missing: What Does History Teach? can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01130-3 Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future can be found here:: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01175-3 Nuclear Regulatory Legislation, 109th Congress, 2nd Session is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-020-01023-4 Nuclear Regulatory Legislation, 110th Congress, 2d Session, Volumes 1 And 2 is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-020-01028-5 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Information Digest 2008-2009 is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-020-01027-7 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Information Digest 2010-2011 is avaialble here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-020-01029-3

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0160915201
• ISBN13: 9780160915208
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Government Printing Office
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"