Author:
Burns, Richard Dean.
Imprint:Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2013.
Description2 v. (xiii, 640 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:V. 1. Vying for an A-bomb: World War II contestants -- The emergence of a bipolar nuclear world -- Seeking international control of nuclear weapons -- NSC 68: ramping up the nuclear arms race -- Doctrines and strategies: from A-bomb to H-bomb -- Thermonuclear and ballistic missile revolutions -- Fending off nuclear weapons: bomber and missile defenses, 1945-1980s -- Feeding or controlling the nuclear arms race?: The 1950s -- Toward a flexible response: from "missile gap" to the Berlin crisis -- From crisis to renewed hope: Cuban missiles, the test ban, and China's bomb -- v. 2. Initial independent nuclear forces: Britain, France, and People's Republic of China -- Regional nuclear states: Israel, Iran, India, Pakistan, and North Korea -- Search for strategic stability: superpowers limit nuclear arms -- Reagan, Gorbachev, and nuclear arms: ending the cold war -- Post-cold war: superpowers' nuclear arms: limits and reductions -- Post-cold war: missiles and missile defenses : the global impact -- The nuclear nonproliferation regime -- Reflections.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
