Under a Mushroom Cloud

2009 History

Author : Emanuele Ottolenghi
Release : 2009
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Under a Mushroom Cloud by : Emanuele Ottolenghi

Download or read book Under a Mushroom Cloud written by Emanuele Ottolenghi. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Iran's illicit nuclear programme was exposed to a stunned world in 2002, Tehran has defied the international community and continued to pursue its nuclear goals. What drives this seemingly apocalyptic quest? Are Iran's aims rational or not? Under a Mushroom Cloud analyses this catastrophic and murky situation, and examines Iran's dual-track approach of accelerating its nuclear activities while weaving itself ever more tightly into the fabric of the European economy. Thriving trade between Europe and Iran, and heavy European involvement in Iran's energy industry, have weakened Europe's will to impose robust sanctions - but imposing them is the only practical way of protecting Europe's strategic interests and ensuring the stability of the region. Under a Mushroom Cloud offers a clear and compelling answer to this dilemma. Drawing on extensive research, including interviews with senior officials and security and intelligence personnel from many countries involved in the effort to stop Iran developing a nuclear bomb, it provides a comprehensive account of a serious strategic threat to Europe, and offers an original list of practical recommendations for European policymakers who must confront it. Book jacket.

Under the Mushroom Cloud

2008

Author :
Release : 2008
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 686/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Under the Mushroom Cloud by :

Download or read book Under the Mushroom Cloud written by . This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Restricted Data

2021-04-09 History

Author : Alex Wellerstein
Release : 2021-04-09
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 38X/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Restricted Data by : Alex Wellerstein

Download or read book Restricted Data written by Alex Wellerstein. This book was released on 2021-04-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nuclear weapons, since their conception, have been the subject of secrecy. In the months after the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the American scientific establishment, the American government, and the American public all wrestled with what was called the "problem of secrecy," wondering not only whether secrecy was appropriate and effective as a means of controlling this new technology but also whether it was compatible with the country's core values. Out of a messy context of propaganda, confusion, spy scares, and the grave counsel of competing groups of scientists, what historian Alex Wellerstein calls a "new regime of secrecy" was put into place. It was unlike any other previous or since. Nuclear secrets were given their own unique legal designation in American law ("restricted data"), one that operates differently than all other forms of national security classification and exists to this day. Drawing on massive amounts of declassified files, including records released by the government for the first time at the author's request, Restricted Data is a narrative account of nuclear secrecy and the tensions and uncertainty that built as the Cold War continued. In the US, both science and democracy are pitted against nuclear secrecy, and this makes its history uniquely compelling and timely"--

Under the mushroom cloud

1980

Author : Libby Howes
Release : 1980
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 104/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Under the mushroom cloud by : Libby Howes

Download or read book Under the mushroom cloud written by Libby Howes. This book was released on 1980. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Realism, Utopia, and the Mushroom Cloud

1993-12 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Michael Bess
Release : 1993-12
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 200/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis Realism, Utopia, and the Mushroom Cloud by : Michael Bess

Download or read book Realism, Utopia, and the Mushroom Cloud written by Michael Bess. This book was released on 1993-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Two world wars, concentration camps, the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and continued preparations for nuclear war illustrate the modern world's propensity for mass destruction. . . . Yet there have been important signs of resistance to this trend. These have included not only the emergence of mass-based peace and disarmament movements but activist intellectuals grappling with the growing problem posed by mass violence among nation-states. . . . Bess examines the lives and ideas of four of these intellectuals: Leo Szilard of Hungary and (later) the United States, E. P. Thompson of England, Danilo Dolci of Italy, and Louise Weiss of France. . . . Realism, Utopia, and the Mushroom Cloud is a powerful, important scholarly work, casting new light upon some of the great issues of modern times. Readers will learn much from it."—Lawrence S. Wittner, Peace and Change "Bess seeks to understand the way in which the creation of the atomic bomb has changed the social and political situation of humankind. Are we to be held hostage by military forces or can we transform our situation? He describes the lives of four very different activists, each with different views on what causes conflict and how best to address conflict. . . . Overall, this book offers an interesting perspective on life after the atomic bomb. . . . In asking ourselves what the possibilities of our future are, we can turn to these lives for some guidance. . . . This book is informative, provocative, and encourages one to consider carefully how s/he chooses to live."—Erin McKenna, Utopian Studies "These four lives, researched and skillfully presented by historian Michael Bess, make fascinating stories in themselves. They also serve as useful vehicles for examining major cross-currents of Cold War resistance. . . . From Weiss the cynical pragmatist to Szilard the high-level fixer to hompson the social reformer to Dolce the spiritual street organizer, Michael Bess has woven an illuminating tapestry of human efforts to cope with life under the mushroom cloud."—Samuel H. Day Jr., The Progressive

Popular eBooks

Under a Mushroom Cloud

Under the Mushroom Cloud

Restricted Data

Under the mushroom cloud

Realism, Utopia, and the Mushroom Cloud

You may also like...