nuclear weapons

British agent Charlie Muffin goes undercover as an arms trader in order to infiltrate the leading Russian mafia families and find out who has pulled off a major heist of weapons-grade nuclear material.

From the Publisher: Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons are still the biggest threat that faces us in the 21st century. Indeed, for all the effort to reduce nuclear stockpiles to zero and to keep other nations (such as Iran) from developing nuclear capability, it seems that the Bomb is here to stay. In this gripping Very Short Introduction, Joseph M. Siracusa, an internationally respected authority on nuclear arms, provides a comprehensive, accessible, and at times chilling overview of the most deadly weapon ever invented. Siracusa explains the history of the arms race and the politics of the bomb, ranging from the technology of nuclear weapons, to the revolutionary implications of the H-bomb and the politics of nuclear deterrence. The issues are set against a backdrop of the changing international landscape, from the early days of development, through the Cold War, to the present-day controversy over George W. Bush's National Missile Defense, and the role of nuclear weapons in an Age of Terror. Providing an accessible and eye-opening backdrop to one of the most unsettling aspects of the modern world, this compact introduction is must reading.

Under Roosevelt, the Manhattan Project was launched with the goal of developing the atomic bomb and using it to end World War II.

Thirteen-week television course and prime-time television series which premiered in 1989. Sheds new light on the ideas, decisions, and experiences of the past, and helps to define the prospects for the future.

This title in Lucent's World History series tells the story of the Manhattan Project. The book describes how the project came to fruition, the people involved, and the impact the nuclear bomb had on World War II. The book also details the lives of the people who worked on the project and how they had to basically cut all ties to the outside world.

At the beginning of World War II, Britain was at the forefront of the nuclear arms race. By the end of the war, Britain had fallen behind, largely due to Winston Churchill's reluctance to realize the atom bomb's strategic value. Because of this, Churchill ceded the nuclear initiative to America through neglect.

Defense attorney Paul Madriani is called in to investigate the disappearance of a NASA scientist, a man who holds the secret to a state-of-the-art, horrific weapon that could destroy the world.

Washington D.C. is turned upside down when the director of the CIA is found dead and a controversial successor is named, and the Middle East is sent to the brink of war when Israel learns Saddam Hussein is about to enter the nuclear arms race.