arms race

Discusses the problem of nuclear proliferation and details what the individual can do about it.

Discusses the history, weapons, and probable effects of nuclear warfare, as well as the dangers of global extinction and possible alternatives.

Provides an account of the last decade of the arms race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, discussing Soviet plans for a "Star Wars" program, their biological weapons, and the doomsday machine known as Dead Hand, and examining the dangers that remained with the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the rush to secure the weapons. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

This detailed volume examines various weapons of mass destruction and the science behind them, their effects on conflict, and the various arms control treaties and agreements that have been introduced to help curb the possibility of overwhelming loss.

Opens with a recounting of the Chernobyl explosion in April of 1986 which compelled Russian leader Gorbachev to take a stand on nuclear disarmament along with Ronald Reagan. The author then describes their dialogue on the nuclear arms race and other related matters.

Presents an analysis of the dangers we have unwittingly created and an alternative to present policy.

Companion volume to the television series The global rivals. Describes the forty-year contest for supremacy between America and the Soviet Union.

A history of the end of the arms race describes the Soviet Union's development of an automatic retaliatory attack system, the United States's efforts to create space-based missile defenses, and the struggle to prevent nuclear weapons from being acquired by terrorists.

Discusses the development of nuclear weapons, the race for nuclear supremacy, deployment of these weapons during the Cold War, and disarmament.

Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 and discusses the events that led up to this decision and the terrible aftermath which led to still-continuing attempts to control the manufacture and use of nuclear weapons.