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The Bomb - South Africa's Nuclear Program (Paperback): Nic Von Wielligh, Wielligh-Steyn von The Bomb - South Africa's Nuclear Program (Paperback)
Nic Von Wielligh, Wielligh-Steyn von
R679 Discovery Miles 6 790 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

South Africa's Bomb kept the world guessing for years. Six-and-a- half nuclear bombs had been secretly built and destroyed, former South African President F.W. de Klerk announced in 1993. No other country has ever voluntarily destroyed its nuclear arsenal.

From 1975 Nic von Wielligh was involved in the production of nuclear weapons material, the dismantling of the nuclear weapons and the provision of evidence of South Africa's bona fides to the international community. The International Atomic Energy Agency declared South Africa's Initial Report to be the most comprehensive and professional that they had ever received. In this book the nuclear physicist and his daughter Lydia von Wielligh-Steyn tell the gripping story of the splitting of the atom and the power it releases. It is an account of ground-breaking research and the scientists responsible; it deals with uranium enrichment, the arms race and South Africa's secret programme.

The Bomb: South Africa's Nuclear Programme is a story of nuclear explosions, espionage, smuggling of nuclear materials and swords that became ploughshares.

The Poisoners - On South Africa's Toxic Past (Paperback): Imraan Coovadia The Poisoners - On South Africa's Toxic Past (Paperback)
Imraan Coovadia
R320 R295 Discovery Miles 2 950 Save R25 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The Poisoners is a history of four devastating chapters in the making of the region, seen through the disturbing use of toxins and accusations of poisoning circulated by soldiers, spies, and politicians in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Imraan Coovadia’s fascinating new book exposes the secret use of poisons and diseases in the Rhodesian bush war and independent Zimbabwe, and the apparent connection to the 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States; the enquiry into the chemical and biological warfare programme in South Africa known as Project Coast, discovered through the arrest and failed prosecution of Dr Wouter Basson; the use of toxic compounds such as Virodene to treat patients at the height of the Aids epidemic in South Africa, and the insistence of the government that proven therapies like Nevirapine, which could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives, were in fact poisons; and the history of poisoning and accusations of poisoning in the modern history of the African National Congress, from its guerrilla camps in Angola to Jacob Zuma’s suggestion that his fourth wife collaborated with a foreign intelligence agency to have him murdered.

But The Poisoners is not merely a book of history. It is also a meditation, by a most perceptive commentator, on the meaning of race, on the unhappy history of black and white in southern Africa, and on the nature of good and evil.

Abyss - World On The Brink, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 (Paperback): Max Hastings Abyss - World On The Brink, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 (Paperback)
Max Hastings
R330 R295 Discovery Miles 2 950 Save R35 (11%) In Stock

The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation.

Max Hastings’s graphic new history tells the story from the viewpoints of national leaders, Russian officers, Cuban peasants, American pilots and British disarmers. Max Hastings deploys his accustomed blend of eye-witness interviews, archive documents and diaries, White House tape recordings, top-down analysis, first to paint word-portraits of the Cold War experiences of Fidel Castro’s Cuba, Nikita Khrushchev’s Russia and Kennedy’s America; then to describe the nail-biting Thirteen Days in which Armageddon beckoned.

Hastings began researching this book believing that he was exploring a past event from twentieth century history. He is as shocked as are millions of us around the world, to discover that the current attack of Ukraine gives this narrative a hitherto unimaginable twenty-first century immediacy. We may be witnessing the onset of a new Cold War between nuclear-armed superpowers.

To contend with today’s threat, which Hastings fears will prove enduring, it is critical to understand how, sixty years ago, the world survived its last glimpse into the abyss. Only by fearing the worst, he argues, can our leaders hope to secure the survival of the planet.

Nuclear War - A Scenario (Hardcover): Annie Jacobsen Nuclear War - A Scenario (Hardcover)
Annie Jacobsen
R766 R643 Discovery Miles 6 430 Save R123 (16%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And one of the triggers for that war would be a nuclear missile inbound toward the United States.

Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These investigations are vital to how we understand the world we really live in—where one nuclear missile will beget one in return, and where the choreography of the world’s end requires massive decisions made on seconds’ notice with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have.

Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario explores this ticking-clock scenario, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons, have been privy to the response plans, and have been responsible for those decisions should they have needed to be made. Nuclear War: A Scenario examines the handful of minutes after a nuclear missile launch. It is essential reading, and unlike any other book in its depth and urgency.

Nelson's Victory: Trafalgar & Tragedy - Seven Ships Maritime History (Paperback): Kevin Jackson Nelson's Victory: Trafalgar & Tragedy - Seven Ships Maritime History (Paperback)
Kevin Jackson
R242 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190 Save R23 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Revolver - Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America (Paperback): Jim Rasenberger Revolver - Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America (Paperback)
Jim Rasenberger
R509 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Two-Seat Spitfires - The Complete Story (Hardcover): Greg Davis, John Sanderson and Peter Arnold Two-Seat Spitfires - The Complete Story (Hardcover)
Greg Davis, John Sanderson and Peter Arnold
R1,071 Discovery Miles 10 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Spitfire a " there have been many hundreds, maybe even thousands, of books written about this beautiful R.J Mitchell designed, elliptically winged areoplane. But there has yet to be a book published, which has focused solely on the lesser-known two-seat variant of graceful Spitfirea |Until now! In two-seater spitfires, Greg Davis, John Sanderson and Peter Arnold trace the history of this iconic aircraft a " from its initial design through to those still taking to the skies today.

Shells and Shell-Guns (Paperback): John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren Shells and Shell-Guns (Paperback)
John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren
R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Edward Webbe, Chief Master Gunner, His Trauailes. 1590 (Paperback): Edward Arber Edward Webbe, Chief Master Gunner, His Trauailes. 1590 (Paperback)
Edward Arber
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
American Prometheus - The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback): Kai Bird, Martin J Sherwin American Prometheus - The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)
Kai Bird, Martin J Sherwin
R385 R344 Discovery Miles 3 440 Save R41 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, published to exceptional reviews in both the US and the UK, American Prometheus is as compelling a work of biography as it is a significant work of history.

Physicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu scriptures as he was with quantum mechanics, J. Robert Oppenheimer - director of the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb - was the most famous scientist of his generation.

In their meticulous and riveting biography, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin reveal a brilliant, ambitious, complex and flawed man, profoundly involved with some of the momentous events of the twentieth century.

Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages - Also a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons (Paperback): Charles Boutell Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages - Also a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons (Paperback)
Charles Boutell
R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Dreyse Military Needle-Ignition System 2019 - An illustrated history (Paperback): Leonard Alston-Roberts-West The Dreyse Military Needle-Ignition System 2019 - An illustrated history (Paperback)
Leonard Alston-Roberts-West; Illustrated by Guy Alston-Roberts-West
R1,648 Discovery Miles 16 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Needle-Ignition System of the Modele 1866 `Chassepot' - an illustrated history (Paperback): Guy A-R-West, Leonard... The Needle-Ignition System of the Modele 1866 `Chassepot' - an illustrated history (Paperback)
Guy A-R-West, Leonard A-R-West; Illustrated by Guy A-R-West
R1,627 Discovery Miles 16 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
R.L. Handbook of Ammunition (Paperback): War Office R.L. Handbook of Ammunition (Paperback)
War Office
R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Horse Mobilization (Paperback): War Office Horse Mobilization (Paperback)
War Office
R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns, Part 1 - Tactical (Paperback): War Office SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns, Part 1 - Tactical (Paperback)
War Office
R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns, Part II - Organization and Direction of Fire (Paperback): War Office SS192 - The Employment of Machine Guns, Part II - Organization and Direction of Fire (Paperback)
War Office
R451 Discovery Miles 4 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Detail of the Sets of Harness Required for the Various Natures of Service Pattern Vehicles (Paperback): War Office Detail of the Sets of Harness Required for the Various Natures of Service Pattern Vehicles (Paperback)
War Office
R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Notes on Identification of Aeroplanes (Paperback): War Office Notes on Identification of Aeroplanes (Paperback)
War Office
R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Salvage - SS640 (Paperback): War Office Salvage - SS640 (Paperback)
War Office
R287 Discovery Miles 2 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Instructions on Bombing, Parts I & II - SS182 (Paperback): General Staff Instructions on Bombing, Parts I & II - SS182 (Paperback)
General Staff
R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Notes on German Fuzes and Typical French and Belgian Fuzes - SS306 (Paperback): War Office Notes on German Fuzes and Typical French and Belgian Fuzes - SS306 (Paperback)
War Office
R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Catechism of Animal Management, Etc. (Paperback): War Office Catechism of Animal Management, Etc. (Paperback)
War Office
R285 Discovery Miles 2 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Paths are Made by Walking (Paperback): Ian Hartley Paths are Made by Walking (Paperback)
Ian Hartley
R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In 1985 Jennifer and Ian Hartley left their home, bought a caravan and moved to Cambridgeshire to witness against the sighting of Cruise missiles at RAF Molesworth. This memoir recounts their day to day life living in this unusual place and the dialogue they had with MPs, the military, police, peace campaigners, the local community and the church.

The English Electric Lightning... and Me - A Former Royal Air Force Airframe Mechanic's Recollections of a Classic Jet... The English Electric Lightning... and Me - A Former Royal Air Force Airframe Mechanic's Recollections of a Classic Jet Fighter Aircraft (Paperback)
Peter Bunnett
R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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