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Nuclear Weapons
Mr. Hugh Miall
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Description for Nuclear Weapons
Hardback. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 385.
Ever since the possibility of nuclear fission arose in the minds of the physicists of the 1930s, nuclear weapons seem to have had a momentum of their own. In charge of them, and driven by them, are the nuclear decision-makers. This book takes the reader behind the tests and deployments of bombs and missiles to reveal who takes the decisions to develop nuclear weapons and what kind of people they are. Ranging from the laboratories where 'Star Wars' weapons are being invented, to the Design Bureau where Soviet missiles are developed, to Mururoa Atoll, testing site of the French neutron ... Read more
Ever since the possibility of nuclear fission arose in the minds of the physicists of the 1930s, nuclear weapons seem to have had a momentum of their own. In charge of them, and driven by them, are the nuclear decision-makers. This book takes the reader behind the tests and deployments of bombs and missiles to reveal who takes the decisions to develop nuclear weapons and what kind of people they are. Ranging from the laboratories where 'Star Wars' weapons are being invented, to the Design Bureau where Soviet missiles are developed, to Mururoa Atoll, testing site of the French neutron ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Number of Pages
167
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333446768
SKU
V9780333446768
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-15
About Mr. Hugh Miall
HUGH MIALL is a research co-ordinator with the Oxford Research Group. He read modern history at Merton College, Oxford, and later obtained a PhD in peace and conflict studies from the University of Lancaster. Before taking up his present position he was a consultant to Earth Resources Research and co-author of 'Energy Efficient Future: Opening the Solar Option'. He gave ... Read more
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