Apocalypse Management

Ira Chernus

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• For eight years President Dwight Eisenhower claimed to pursue peace and national security. Yet his policies entrenched the United States in a seemingl... Lees meer

A World Destroyed

Martin J Sherwin

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• Continuously in demand since its first, prize-winning edition was published in 1975, this is the classic history of the development of the American at... Lees meer

The Enigma of Health

Jost Lemmerich

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• James Franck (1882-1964) was one of the twentieth century's most respected scientists, known both for his contributions to physics and for his moral c... Lees meer

Robert Oppenheimer

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• A Stanford University Press classic. Lees meer

Averting 'The Final Failure'

Sheldon M Stern

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• The Cuban missile crisis was the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War and the most perilous moment in human history. Sheldon M. Stern, longtim... Lees meer

James B. Conant

James G Hershberg

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• A Stanford University Press classic. Lees meer

Confronting the Bomb

Lawrence S Wittner

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• Confronting the Bomb tells the dramatic, inspiring story of how citizen activism helped curb the nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war. This abbre... Lees meer

Spying on the Nuclear Bear

Michael S Goodman

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• Drawing on oral testimony, previously unseen personal papers, and newly released archival information, this book provides a comprehensive account of B... Lees meer

The Fate of the Earth and the Abolition

Jonathan Schell

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• Now combined in one volume, these two books helped focus national attention in the early 1980s on the movement for a nuclear freeze. The Fate of the E... Lees meer

The End of the Pacific War

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• Over sixty years after the end of the Pacific War, the United States and Japan have still not come to terms with the consequences; despite their postw... Lees meer

The Wizards of Armageddon

Fred Kaplan

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• This is the untold story of the small group of men who have devised the plans and shaped the policies on how to use the Bomb. The book (first publishe... Lees meer

Toward Nuclear Abolition

Lawrence S Wittner

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age | nr. 3
• Toward Nuclear Abolition presents the inspiring, dramatic story of how citizen activists helped curb the arms race and prevent nuclear war. Examining ... Lees meer

The Advisors

Herbert F York

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• First published in 1976, The Advisors is an absorbing look at the technical, strategic, and human aspects of the great debate that led to the decision... Lees meer

Cardinal Choices

Gregg Herken

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• This book is a history of the complex relations between scientific advisors, primarily physicists, and U.S. presidents in their role as decision maker... Lees meer

Eisenhower, Science Advice, and the Nuclear Test-Ban Debate, 1945-1963

Benjamin P Greene

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• Based on extensive research in government archives and private papers, this book analyzes the secret debate within the Eisenhower administration over ... Lees meer

The End of the Pacific War

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• State-of-the-art reinterpretations of the reasons for Japan's decision to surrender, by distinguished historians of differing national perspectives an... Lees meer

The Cuban Missile Crisis in American Memory

Sheldon M Stern

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• This book exposes the misconceptions, half-truths, and outright lies that have shaped the still dominant but largely mythical version of what happened... Lees meer

Einstein and Soviet Ideology

Alexander Vucinich

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• This book traces the historical trajectory of one of the most momentous confrontations in the intellectual life of the Soviet Union--the conflict betw... Lees meer

Britain and the Bomb

David James Gill

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• Drawing on primary sources from both sides of the Atlantic, Britain and the Bomb explores how economic, political, and strategic considerations have s... Lees meer

The Cuban Missile Crisis in American Memory

Sheldon M Stern

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• This book exposes the misconceptions, half-truths, and outright lies that have shaped the still dominant but largely mythical version of what happened... Lees meer

A Preponderance of Power

Melvyn P Leffler

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• In the United States the Cold War shaped our political culture, our institutions, and our national priorities. Abroad, it influenced the destinies of ... Lees meer

Cardinal Choices

Gregg Herken

• Hardcover | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• This book is a history of the complex relations between scientific advisors, primarily physicists, and U.S. presidents in their role as decision maker... Lees meer

Another Such Victory

Arnold A Offner

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• This book is a provocative, forcefully argued, and thoroughly documented reassessment of President Truman's profound influence on U.S. foreign policy ... Lees meer

African Americans Against the Bomb

Vincent J Intondi

• Paperback | Engels | Stanford Nuclear Age
• Well before Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke out against nuclear weapons, African Americans were protesting the Bomb. Historians have generally ... Lees meer