From Stones To Nukes
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From Stones To Nukes
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Author : Adolf Kellenberger
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
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From Stones To Nukes
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Author : Adolf Kellenberger
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-01-15
From Stones To Nukes written by Adolf Kellenberger and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-15 with History categories.
This volume offers a sophisticated exploration of the history of weapons and warfare in Europe and the Atlantic world, aimed at stimulating and inspiring those with an interest in this domain. It invites readers to revisit the foundational principles that underpinned the development of contem¬porary armaments and military practices until shortly before the turn of the millennium. In an era where global challenges have become inescapable, this book emphasizes the importance of reconnecting with our shared origins and understanding our unique paths. As our world undergoes rapid changes in politics, society, economics, and technology, this exploration of history sheds light on the dynamics of change, both in times of peace and war.
Command And Control
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Author : Eric Schlosser
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-09-17
Command And Control written by Eric Schlosser and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-17 with History categories.
The Oscar-shortlisted documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlosser's book and continues to explore the little-known history of the management and safety concerns of America's nuclear aresenal. “A devastatingly lucid and detailed new history of nuclear weapons in the U.S. Fascinating.” —Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine “Perilous and gripping . . . Schlosser skillfully weaves together an engrossing account of both the science and the politics of nuclear weapons safety.” —San Francisco Chronicle A myth-shattering exposé of America’s nuclear weapons Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America’s nuclear arsenal. A 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 mass destruction without being destroyed by them? That question has never been resolved—and Schlosser reveals how the combination of human fallibility and technological complexity still poses a grave risk to mankind. While the harms of global warming increasingly dominate the news, the equally dangerous yet more immediate threat of nuclear weapons has been largely forgotten. Written with the vibrancy of a first-rate thriller, Command and Control interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a nuclear missile silo in rural Arkansas with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years. It depicts the urgent effort by American scientists, policy makers, and military officers to ensure that nuclear weapons can’t be stolen, sabotaged, used without permission, or detonated inadvertently. Schlosser also looks at the Cold War from a new perspective, offering history from the ground up, telling the stories of bomber pilots, missile commanders, maintenance crews, and other ordinary servicemen who risked their lives to avert a nuclear holocaust. At the heart of the book lies the struggle, amid the rolling hills and small farms of Damascus, Arkansas, to prevent the explosion of a ballistic missile carrying the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States. Drawing on recently declassified documents and interviews with people who designed and routinely handled nuclear weapons, Command and Control takes readers into a terrifying but fascinating world that, until now, has been largely hidden from view. Through the details of a single accident, Schlosser illustrates how an unlikely event can become unavoidable, how small risks can have terrible consequences, and how the most brilliant minds in the nation can only provide us with an illusion of control. Audacious, gripping, and unforgettable, Command and Control is a tour de force of investigative journalism, an eye-opening look at the dangers of America’s nuclear age.
Oppose Any Foe A Luke Stone Thriller Book 4
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Author : Jack Mars
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-12-16
Oppose Any Foe A Luke Stone Thriller Book 4 written by Jack Mars and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-16 with Fiction categories.
OPPOSE ANY FOE is book #4 in the bestselling Luke Stone thriller series, which begins with ANY MEANS NECESSARY (book #1), a free download with over 250 five star reviews! A small arsenal of U.S. nuclear weapons are stolen from a NATO base in Europe. The world scrambles to figure out who the culprits are and what their target is--and to stop them before they unleash hell on humanity. With only hours left before it is too late, the President has no choice but to call in Luke Stone, the former head of an elite FBI para-military team. Finally getting his life back in order, and with devastating news on his own family front, Luke does not want the job. But with the newly elected female President desperate for his help, he realizes he cannot turn his back on her. In the action-packed, international cat-and-mouse chase that follows, Luke, Ed and his former team will have to be more daring, and break more rules, than ever before. With the fate of the world at stake, Luke heads into the murky fog of war and espionage, and discovers the culprit is not who he thinks it is after all. A political thriller with non-stop action, dramatic international settings and heart-pounding suspense, OPPOSE ANY FOE is book #4 in the bestselling and critically-acclaimed Luke Stone series, an explosive new series that will leave you turning pages late into the night.
The Atomic Bomb And The End Of World War Ii
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Author : Herbert Feis
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-03-08
The Atomic Bomb And The End Of World War Ii written by Herbert Feis and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-08 with Political Science categories.
This book discusses the decision to use the atomic bomb. Libraries and scholars will find it a necessary adjunct to their other studies by Pulitzer-Prize author Herbert Feis on World War II. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
India S Nuclear Bomb
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Author : George Perkovich
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1999
India S Nuclear Bomb written by George Perkovich and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Publisher Fact Sheet The definitive history of India's long flirtation with nuclear capability, culminating in the nuclear tests that surprised the world in May 1998.
Hiroshima
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Author : John Hersey
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2019-06-05
Hiroshima written by John Hersey and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-05 with History categories.
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] offers from the bomb’s actual victims is the mandatory counterpart to any Oppenheimer viewing." —GQ Magazine “Nothing can be said about this book that can equal what the book has to say. It speaks for itself, and in an unforgettable way, for humanity.” —The New York Times Hiroshima is the story of six human beings who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. John Hersey tells what these six -- a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest -- were doing at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city. Then he follows the course of their lives hour by hour, day by day. The New Yorker of August 31, 1946, devoted all its space to this story. The immediate repercussions were vast: newspapers here and abroad reprinted it; during evening half-hours it was read over the network of the American Broadcasting Company; leading editorials were devoted to it in uncounted newspapers. Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them -- the variety of ways in which they responded to the past and went on with their lives -- is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.
Nuking Mecca
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Author : Doc Cleirech
language : en
Publisher: Doc Cleirech
Release Date : 2007-12-21
Nuking Mecca written by Doc Cleirech and has been published by Doc Cleirech this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-21 with Nuclear nonproliferation categories.
September 11, 2001: Two engineers lose loved ones in the World Trade Center and travel together down a road of unthinkable revenge and mass murder. Exploiting gaps in international nuclear safeguards, they design and build a backyard atomic bomb. Taking advantage of loopholes in international shipping regulations, they smuggle their bomb into Saudi Arabia and detonate it, murdering a million innocent people in the City of Mecca. Meticulously researched, this work of fiction outlines the science and engineering of the simplest of nuclear weapons and underscores why nuclear proliferation is an issue of fundamental importance not just for the West, but for the whole world.
Nick Stone Secret Agent
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Author : Lee King
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2006-09
Nick Stone Secret Agent written by Lee King and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09 with Fiction categories.
Nick Stone rocks in this one! The U.S. Government sends Nick Stone, America's new suave secret agent on a mission to capture or eliminate Al-Qaeda's #2 most wanted terrorist in the world. Come along for the explosive ride and you better believe, sparks fly in this one! It is a roller coaster thrill ride from beginning to end. Nick Stone tracks the terrorist, Abdul Mohammed, in the Middle East. Abdul Mohammed's terrorist assassin thugs try to stop Nick at every turn! The terrorist, Abdul Mohammed is a madman bent on destroying Israel and bringing on the start of Armageddon! Join Nick and his comrades as they take you to desolate mountain regions and a lush green oasis in the middle of the desert, as they hunt for a madman! Nick Stone is an ex-navy seal and a gulf war veteran of Desert Storm. Stone is a gambling man and he will do whatever it takes to win. Will Abdul Mohammed carry out his evil plan or will Nick Stone stop him in time?
Myeem
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Author : Randy C Dockens
language : en
Publisher: Carpenter's Son Publishing
Release Date : 2021-11-18
Myeem written by Randy C Dockens and has been published by Carpenter's Son Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-18 with Fiction categories.
What is alien also feels so familiar. An astronaut, known by everyone as his nickname, Nuke, is working on an interstellar gate when he is accidently thrown so deep into the universe that there is no way for him to return home. He is, he thinks, alone. He does, however, find life on a planet named Myeem; its citizens look very different from him. Although relations are tense at first, Nuke finds some of these aliens think he is the prophetic forerunner to the return of their deity, Erabon, and charge him with the arduous task of reuniting the clans living on six different neighboring planets. Not all, however, are so accepting. It takes time for Nuke to realize that he is the actual alien in his story, and he finds it difficult to fit into their culture. He does become close to one Myeemian and discovers there are certain customs that eerily parallel those of Earth. But how would that be possible? What does it mean? Is it a key for Nuke to possibly return home? Or does he need to accept that an alien world is now his home?