nuclear warfare

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nuclear warfare

An uneasy peace, 1945-1980

2003
Discusses the Cold War, its origins and the resulting conflicts, including the arms race, the Korean War, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Vietnam War.

Day of the bomb

countdown to Hiroshima
1986
Discusses the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan by telling the stories of the key Americans and Japanese in the drama.

The folk of the fringe

1990
In a post-nuclear civilization chaos reigns, with only pockets of order. One such place is Deseret, formed from the vestiges of Utah, Colorado, and Idaho, where hardworking pioneers are making the desert bloom again.

On the beach

2010
A novel about the survivors of an atomic war, who face an inevitable end as radiation poisoning moves toward Australia from the north.

The Chance Twins: First strike

2011
British twins Rich and Jade are once again thrown into danger as they try to help their spy father, John Chance, save the president of the United States from a radical group holding the White House hostage and attempting to steal the nation's nuclear launch codes.

Nuclear dawn

the atomic bomb from the Manhattan project to the Cold War
2009

Prompt and utter destruction

Truman and the use of atomic bombs against Japan
2004

The language of nuclear war

an intelligent citizen's dictionary
1987
A dictionary of terms pertaining to nuclear weapons and nuclear warfare.

Sentries

2007
The common theme of nuclear disaster and human vulnerability interweaves the lives of four young people, an Ojibway Indian, an illegal Mexican migrant worker, a rock musician, and a sheep rancher's daughter with the lives of three veterans of past wars.

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