Holloway, David: Nuclear Weapons

Name: Holloway, David: Nuclear Weapons
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How should we deal with nuclear weapons? The discovery of nuclear fission fundamentally changed the world order. Its power was harnessed, atomic bombs were invented, and the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed. Since then, recurring international crises and calls for arms control have meant that the threat of nuclear war has hung over humanity. David Holloway traces how these weapons have shaped the last century, from the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union to the rivalry between India and Pakistan. Deterrence and intimidation, alliances and war plans, international treaties and organisations have all played their part. At the centre of it all were political leaders including Truman, Kennedy and Reagan, as well as Stalin, Khrushchev and Gorbachev who all had their fingers on the nuclear button. This is a global history of these terrifying weapons and our attempts to deal with the consequences of their existence a fascinating and repulsive story of a very dangerous period in our history.

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