TY  - BOOK
AU  - Siracusa,Joseph M.
TI  - Nuclear weapons: a very short introduction 
SN  - 9780199229543
U1  - 355.825119 SIR 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Nuclear weapons
KW  -  History
KW  - Nuclear arms control
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 	
Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction covers the scientific, historical, and political development of nuclear weapons, and how they transformed the very nature of war and peace. Nuclear weapons have not been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, seventy-five years ago. However, nuclear threats remain fundamental to relations between many states, complicating issues of global security. Their potential use by terrorists is an increasing concern. This book looks at the race to acquire the hydrogen bomb; Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defence Initiative ('Star Wars'); contemporary defences against possible ballistic missile launches; and the policies nuclear weapons have generated since the end of the Cold War.
ER  -