Bibliograph

The nuclear express, a political history of the bomb and its proliferation, Thomas C. Reed and Danny B. Stillman

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The nuclear express, a political history of the bomb and its proliferation, Thomas C. Reed and Danny B. Stillman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The nuclear express

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

209632366

Responsibility statement

Thomas C. Reed and Danny B. Stillman

Sub title

a political history of the bomb and its proliferation

Table Of Contents

Big news: fission releases neutrons! -- Los Alamos: a first, but not the last -- The raids on Japan -- The U.S.S.R. and the United Kingdom: unintended partners -- First attempts at controls -- France and Israel: the apprentices -- China breaks the European cartel -- Nuclear maturity comes to the little three -- Struggling with the barn door -- Changes of state in the Mideast and South Asia -- South Africa -- The Soviet Union -- The once-nuclear Soviet republics -- China's decade of nuclear transparency -- The Fakirs: India, Pakistan, and North Korea -- Fingerprints -- Star and crescent rising -- George's-Antoine Kurtz is alive and well -- Why?

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