Nuclear Holocausts

Author : Paul Brians
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Holocausts written by Paul Brians and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The anxiety caused by the thought of nuclear war causes some people to avoid the topic altogether, some to despair, and others to place unwarranted confidence in scientific or governmental control. However, the vivid characters and realistic settings of fiction can bring home the impact of a nuclear war in a way that makes the topic difficult to avoid and allows readers to confront their fears and phobias. This bibliography study is the only compliation of its kind to deal exclusively with nuclear war in fiction. The first five chapters provide a historical survey of the development of the nuclear war theme and a study of the causes and aftermath of nuclear war as treated in literature. In addition, Brians considers the significant failure of some works to confront the subject and the success of others as educational tools. With a clear focus on the subject of war, this work does not deal with such related topics as nuclear accidents, reactor disasters, or near-war situations. The bulk of the book is given over to the detailed, annotated bibliography which consists of over 800 entries with associated checklists. Intended to provide scholars, librarians, and general readers with ready access to a great variety of information about his body of writing, the bibliography lists both hardcover and paper editions of books and the reprinting of each short story and corrects several errors in other standard reference works. In his critical analysis and through the annotations in the bibliography, Brians attempts to improve our understanding of cultural attitudes toward the dangers posed by the ever-present reality of nuclear weaponry"--Jacket.

Author : Robert J. Lifton
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780465026630
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Genocidal Mentality written by Robert J. Lifton and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1991-11-18 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the cast of mind that created and maintains the nuclear threat and suggests an alternative direction.

Author : Martin J. Sherwin
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525659315
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gambling with Armageddon written by Martin J. Sherwin and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War—how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn't happen. In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting sometimes hour-by-hour explanation of the crisis itself, but also explores the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post-World War II world. Mining new sources and materials, and going far beyond the scope of earlier works on this critical face-off between the United States and the Soviet Union—triggered when Khrushchev began installing missiles in Cuba at Castro's behest—Sherwin shows how this volatile event was an integral part of the wider Cold War and was a consequence of nuclear arms. Gambling with Armageddon looks in particular at the original debate in the Truman Administration about using the Atomic Bomb; the way in which President Eisenhower relied on the threat of massive retaliation to project U.S. power in the early Cold War era; and how President Kennedy, though unprepared to deal with the Bay of Pigs debacle, came of age during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Here too is a clarifying picture of what was going on in Khrushchev's Soviet Union. Martin Sherwin has spent his career in the study of nuclear weapons and how they have shaped our world. Gambling with Armegeddon is an outstanding capstone to his work thus far.

Author : Gordon Fraser
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199592152
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quantum Exodus written by Gordon Fraser and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Nazis came to power in 1933, they immediately expelled Jewish academics, unwittingly changing the power balance of world science. When war came, these scientific refugees raced to engineer the atomic bomb, to prevent Nazi Germany getting there first. This book tells the story of how the Bomb and the Holocaust became locked in a grisly race.

Author : Eric Schlosser
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101638664
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Command and Control written by Eric Schlosser and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. “Deeply reported, deeply frightening . . . a techno-thriller of the first order.” —Los Angeles Times “A devastatingly lucid and detailed new history of nuclear weapons in the U.S. . . . fascinating.” —Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine 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.

Author : Teresa D. Marciano
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780866563741
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Families and the Prospect of Nuclear Attack/holocaust written by Teresa D. Marciano and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts address the issues and effects of the continuing threat of nuclear holocaust on the behavior of families.

Author : Ronald J. Sider
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Holocaust & Christian Hope written by Ronald J. Sider and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ron Rosenbaum
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416594221
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the End Begins written by Ron Rosenbaum and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alarming, deeply reported analysis of how close--and how often--the world has come to nuclear annihilation, and why we are once again on the brink.

Author : R. J. Rummel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781595263087
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Holocaust Not Again written by R. J. Rummel and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A solution to war, nuclear holocaust and genocide? A secret society sends back, to 1906, two lovers to create a peaceful alternative universe--one that never experienced the horrors and atrocities of the twentieth century?

Author : Dr. Dave Felsburg
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1512715557
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The President Had Ninety Seconds written by Dr. Dave Felsburg and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The President Had Ninety Seconds: A Thermonuclear Holocaust Awaited is a fictional account of actual events set toward the end of the Cold War era. The US and the USSR had completed the largest buildups of nuclear weaponry in history. While the US was the only nation in history to have used nuclear weapons against an enemy, all the nations on earth feared a repeat of the massive destruction, loss of life, and long-term results of the release of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, to end World War II. Nevertheless, the missile warning systems deep within the granite caverns of NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain complex rang out its alarms four times between November 1979 and June 1980. Each alarm announced missile attacks on the US more than a thousand times greater than the earlier attacks on Japan. As the warning systems projected the location and time of impact for each of the 250 nuclear missiles launched against us, the president’s missile warning telecon was convened. With only a few minutes left before the missiles began to strike, NORAD’s senior director recapped the situation for the president. Once the missiles began to hit; no capability would remain for nuclear retaliation. Our nuclear strike force would be eliminated while still on the ground. The senior director announced over the telecon, “Mr. President, we now have ninety seconds to approve nuclear retaliation, or our arsenal will be destroyed on the ground.” The President Had Ninety Seconds: A Thermonuclear Holocaust Awaited.