The button : the new nuclear arms race and presidential power from Truman to Trump
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BenBella Books, Inc.,
Dallas, TX :
[2020]
- 0 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
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About
"William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration and Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering in the Carter administration, and Tom Z. Collina, Director of Policy at Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation in Washington, DC, reveal the shocking tales and sobering facts of nuclear executive authority throughout the atomic age, delivering a powerful condemnation against ever leaving explosive power this devastating under any one person's thumb"--
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- ISBN: 9781948836999
- Physical Description: xxiii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmprint
- Publisher: Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2020]
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: Preface : "Your shot, Mr. President" -- The president's weapons -- Bolt from the blue -- Blundering into nuclear war -- Hacking the bomb -- No first use -- How not to spend $2 trillion -- Welcome to the new arms race -- The missile defense delusion -- Why do we still have the bomb? -- The atomic Titanic.
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