Nuclear weapons have not been used in anger since the United States
dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Yet
even after the Cold War, the Bomb is still the greatest threat
facing humankind. As President Bill Clinton's first secretary of
defence, Les Aspin, put it: 'The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union
is no more. But the post-Cold War world is decidedly not
post-nuclear'. For all the efforts to reduce nuclear stockpiles,
the Bomb is here to stay. This Very Short Introduction looks at the
science of nuclear weapons and how they differ from conventional
weapons. Tracing the story of the nuclear bomb, Joseph Siracusa
chronicles the race to acquire the H-bomb, a thermonuclear weapon
with revolutionary implications; and the history of early arms
control, nuclear deterrence, and non-proliferation. He also tracks
the development of nuclear weapons from the origins of the Cold War
in 1945 to the end of Moscow-dominated Communism in 1991, and
examines the promise and prospect of missile defence, including
Ronald Reagan's 'Star Wars' and George W. Bush's National Missile
Defence. This third edition includes a new chapter on the
development of nuclear weapons and the policies they have generated
since the end of the Cold War. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short
Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds
of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books
are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our
expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and
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