nuclear weapons

Confronted by the loss of its nuclear shield, the United States calls on the one bomber capable of destroying the Soviet Union's laser beam before it is too late. Six men and women crew the fighter through a wave of surface-to-air missiles and MiG fighters.

"Offers an insider's analysis of developments on the Korean peninsula and how North Korea was able to develop nuclear weapons. Provides a first-hand account of how the Six-Party Talks were initiated, with a step-by-step review of each round of negotiations, detailing the national interests of the key players"--Provided by publisher.

Dr. Khidhir Hamza explains how Saddam Hussein created nuclear and biological weapons and discusses how he plans to use them.

Jake Grafton, a Defense Intelligence agent, is dispatched to Moscow. His mission is to keep the twenty thousand nuclear weapons from the former Soviet Union from getting on the black market, but there are many who would like to see him fail.

President Kennedy and his staff work to avert war after nuclear weapons are discovered in Cuba.

Contains articles that explore the history of nuclear weapons and nonproliferation efforts through 2007, examines issues and controversies related to the topic, and includes a chronology, a look at notable people and events, facts and documents, a list of organizations, associations, and governmental agencies, and a selection of print and nonprint resources.

Contains twenty-seven essays in which the authors debate questions related to India and Pakistan, discussing the likelihood of nuclear war between the two nations, the status of human rights, the response of the world community to India and Pakistan, and the future of the countries.

Discusses various topics connected to the production of the atom bomb, including the development of nuclear energy, work on atomic weapons at the Los Alamos and other sites, and the decision to use the first atomic bomb during World War II.

Contains thirty-two essays in which various authors discuss issues related to the Nuclear Age, from 1945 through the 1980s, discussing the atom bomb, the Iron Curtain, Mahatma Gandhi and nonviolent resistance, communism, the space race, segregation, Vietnam, apartheid, and other topics.