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Nuked
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Author : Linda C. Morice
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2022-12-01
Nuked written by Linda C. Morice and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-01 with Science categories.
Nuked recounts the long-term effects of radiological exposure in St. Louis, Missouri—the city that refined uranium for the first self- sustaining nuclear reaction and the first atomic bomb. As part of the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II, the refining created an enormous amount of radioactive waste that increased as more nuclear weapons were produced and stockpiled for the Cold War. Unfortunately, government officials deposited the waste on open land next to the municipal airport. An adjacent creek transported radionuclides downstream to the Missouri River, thereby contaminating St. Louis’s northern suburbs. Amid official assurances of safety, residents were unaware of the risks. The resulting public health crisis continues today with cleanup operations expected to last through the year 2038. Morice attributes the crisis to several factors. They include a minimal concern for land pollution; cutting corners to win the war; new homebuilding practices that spread radioactive dirt; insufficient reporting mechanisms for cancer; and a fragmented government that failed to respond to regional problems.
Nukes
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Author : Steve Minneus
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2008-09-12
Nukes written by Steve Minneus and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-12 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
For more than sixty years, nuclear weapons have cast a frightening shadow over world politics. From their first use in 1945, these incredibly destructive weapons have influenced nearly every governments military policy. While there are strict international laws regarding the possession and development of nuclear weapons, even they cannot stop nu...
The Day We Lost The H Bomb
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Author : Barbara Moran
language : en
Publisher: Presidio Press
Release Date : 2009-04-28
The Day We Lost The H Bomb written by Barbara Moran and has been published by Presidio Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-28 with History categories.
In The Day We Lost the H-Bomb, science writer Barbara Moran marshals a wealth of new information and recently declassified material to give the definitive account of the Cold War’s biggest nuclear weapons disaster. On January 17, 1966, a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber exploded over the sleepy Spanish farming village of Palomares during a routine airborne refueling. The explosion killed seven airmen and scattered the bomber’s payload–four unarmed thermonuclear bombs–across miles of coastline. Three of the rogue H-bombs were recovered quickly. Tracking down the fourth required the largest search-and-salvage operation in U.S. military history. Moran traces the roots of the Palomares incident, giving a brief yet in-depth history of the Strategic Air Command and its eccentric, larger-than-life commander, General Curtis LeMay, whose massive deterrence strategy kept armed U.S. bombers aloft at all times. Back on the ground, Moran recounts the myriad social and environmental effects of an accident that spread radioactive debris over hundreds of acres of Spanish farmland, alarmed America’s strategic allies, and damaged Spanish-American diplomatic relations. As the American military floundered in its attempt to keep the story secret, the events in Spain sometimes took on farcical overtones. Constant global media hype was fueled by the hit James Bond movie Thunderball, with its plot about an atomic weapon lost at sea. In addition, there were the unwanted attentions of a rusty- hulled Soviet surveillance ship and even awkward public relations stunts, complete with American diplomats in swim trunks. The Day We Lost the H-Bomb is a singular work of military history that effortlessly and dramatically captures Cold War hysteria, high-stakes negotiations, and the race to clean up a disaster of unprecedented scope. At once epic and intimate, this book recounts in stunning detail the fragile peace Americans had made with nuclear weapons–and how the specter of imminent doom forced the United States to consider not only what had happened over Palomares but what could have happened. This forgotten chapter of Cold War history will grip readers with the tension of that time and reawaken the fears and hopes of that dangerous era.
No Nukes
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Author : Anna Gyorgy
language : en
Publisher: South End Press
Release Date : 1979
No Nukes written by Anna Gyorgy and has been published by South End Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Education categories.
A classic. A comprehensive and accessible presentation of the ins-and-outs of nuclear power. It includes explanations of nuclear plant operation, the fuel cycle, health and safety hazards, the economics and politics of nuclear power, international anti-nuclear programs, and alternative energy sources.
New Nukes
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Author : Praful Bidwai
language : en
Publisher: Signal Books
Release Date : 2000
New Nukes written by Praful Bidwai and has been published by Signal Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Nuclear tests in India and Pakistan brought the threat of nuclear war back to the world's centre stage. The tests and nuclear moves have raised regional tension, increased poverty in already impoverished nations, and could possibly have fuelled an arms race which goes beyond the borders of the two countries. This text examines the causes and consequences of India and Pakistani nuclear tests. The book provides a framework for understanding the global context of these tests, and looks at approaches for nuclear abolition in Asia and the West.
Nuking Alaska
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Author : Peter Dunlap-Shohl
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2023-06-20
Nuking Alaska written by Peter Dunlap-Shohl and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-20 with History categories.
As if, in midcentury Alaska, you needed more ways to die. From the creator of the critically acclaimed graphic novel My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s comes an unnervingly funny tale of life in Alaska during the tensest times of the Cold War. Peter Dunlap-Shohl grew up on the front lines of the Cold War in the 1950s and ’60s, where Alaska residents lived in the shadow of a nuclear arsenal nine times the size of the Soviet Union’s. This graphic novel recounts the surprising and tragicomic details of the nuclear threats faced by Alaskans, including Project Chariot, championed by Edward Teller and his “firecracker boys” in the late 1950s and early ’60s; the nearly nuclear disaster caused by the Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964; and the 1971 test of a nuclear warhead on the island of Amchitka. Dunlap-Shohl shares the terrible consequences that these events and others had for humans and animals alike, all in the service of “atoms for peace.” Drawn with Dunlap-Shohl’s characteristic editorial cartooning style, Nuking Alaska is a fast-paced reminder of how close we came to total annihilation just a half century ago—and how terribly relevant the nuclear threat remains to this day.
Nuking The Moon
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Author : Vince Houghton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2019-05-07
Nuking The Moon written by Vince Houghton and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-07 with History categories.
The International Spy Museum's Historian takes us on a wild tour of missions and schemes that almost happened, but were ultimately deemed too dangerous, expensive, ahead of their time, or even certifiably insane. "Compulsively readable laugh out loud history." —Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Grunt and Stiff In 1958, the U.S. Air Force nuked the moon as a show of military force. In 1967, the CIA sent live cats to spy on the Soviet government. In 1942, the British built a torpedo-proof aircraft carrier out of an iceberg. Of course, none of these things ever actually happened. But in Nuking the Moon, intelligence historian Vince Houghton proves that abandoned plans can be just as illuminating--and every bit as entertaining—as the ones that made it. Vividly capturing the fascinating stories of how twenty-one plans from WWII and the Cold War went from conception, planning, and testing to cancellation, Houghton explores what happens when innovation meets desperation: For every plan as good as D-Day, there's a scheme to strap bombs to bats or dig a spy tunnel underneath the Soviet embassy. Along the way, he reveals what each one tells us about twentieth-century history, the art of spycraft, military strategy, and famous figures like JFK, Castro, and Churchill. By turns terrifying and hilarious—but always riveting—this is the unique story of history left on the drawing board.
Basement Nukes
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Author : Erwin S. Strauss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Basement Nukes written by Erwin S. Strauss and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Nuclear warfare categories.
Loose Nukes Nuclear Smuggling And The Fissile Material Problem In Russia And The Nis
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on European Affairs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Loose Nukes Nuclear Smuggling And The Fissile Material Problem In Russia And The Nis written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on European Affairs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Business & Economics categories.
Beyond Nuclear Thinking
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Author : Robert W. Malcolmson
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1990
Beyond Nuclear Thinking written by Robert W. Malcolmson and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Deterrence (Strategy). categories.
Malcolmson (history, Queen's U.) analyzes the development of nuclear weapons and nuclear strategy since 1945, connecting the legacies of the past with the politics of the 1990s, presenting a non-technical and broadly based interpretation of important aspects of life and thought in the nuclear age. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR