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Nuclear alliances are high stakes partnerships with the potential
to enhance security, goodwill, scientific and technical innovation,
and economic well-being; or, they risk a state's very existence,
generate social and political unrest, and fracture frameworks for
international cooperation and jeopardize global reputations. Now
entering its eighth decade, the Anglo-American nuclear alliance is
the oldest and most complex in the world. Sharing Nuclear Secrets
is the first comprehensive single-volume study of the
Anglo-American nuclear relationship, illuminating both its
fragility and durability. It has waxed and waned based on the
preferences of presidents and prime ministers, weathered war
scares, overcome isolationist impulses and imperial decline,
persisted despite public antipathy, and has survived and been
strengthened by scientific rivalries. Trust and ambiguity are
entangled at the core of the Anglo-American nuclear relationship.
The interplay between trust and ambiguity has influenced the way
the nuclear partnership has been institutionalized at bureaucratic
and technical levels, but also the ways in which political actors
and private citizens have maintained the relationship through
periods of crisis, moments of triumph, and through decades of
cultural reckoning with nuclear weapons. From the days of the
Manhattan Project, through the crisis of Suez and criticism of Dr.
Strangelove, to the end of the Cold War, and into present day
circumstances brought about by the JCPOA, AUKUS, and Russian
nuclear threats over Ukraine, Sharing Nuclear Secrets reveals that
ambiguity is key to keeping the balance between sentiment and
interests and the corresponding equilibrium between trust and
mistrust in the special relationship.
'Virtually Forever' is a love story with an unusual twist. Michael
Stanton has an obsessive interest in the long-dead, hauntingly
beautiful silent screen actor, Louise Brooks. Involved in an
military program to replicate world leaders in a virtual reality
domain, he clandestinely uses this technology to recreate the Jazz
Age world of Louise Brooks. Entering it, he appears as a wealthy
and mysterious stranger and, soon after meeting Louise, a love
affair follows against the backdrop of Hollywood parties and studio
politics. Back in the real world, Michael's colleagues have
discovered that there is an unknown intruder in their top-secret
computer system. The plot weaves between Michael's tempestuous love
affair with Louise and his desperate struggle to safeguard her and
her world from annihilation - at any cost.
Title: Colonel Jesse A. Gove, U.S.A.: fell at Gaines' Mills, June
27, 1862: too well beloved of earth to be withheld from
heaven.Author: Jane Anthony EamesPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04478000CollectionID:
CTRG03-B837PublicationDate: 18700101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Title page in mourning border. Imprint from colophon
and date from preface. "In presenting this memorial of my husband
to his friends, I desire to acknowledge my obligations to Mrs. Jane
A. Eames for its preparation. .... M.L.G."Collation: 28 p.; 24 cm
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series.
Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks,
notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this
work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of
our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's
literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of
thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of intere
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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