nuclear arms control

Surveys the history of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, describing its structure, current function, and influence on American society.

Presents a portrait of Ronald Reagan and his presidency, using his proposed Star Wars defense as a lens through which to examine the extent to which national discourse about foreign and defense policy is not about reality, but instead a matter of domestic politics, history, and mythology.

Dr. Khidhir Hamza explains how Saddam Hussein created nuclear and biological weapons and discusses how he plans to use them.

Contains thirty-two essays in which various authors discuss issues related to the Nuclear Age, from 1945 through the 1980s, discussing the atom bomb, the Iron Curtain, Mahatma Gandhi and nonviolent resistance, communism, the space race, segregation, Vietnam, apartheid, and other topics.

Physicists Georges Charpak and Richard Garwin present an assessment of the benefits of nuclear energy and the dangers of nuclear weaponry, explaining the principles of fission and fusion, and arguing in favor of arms control.

Discusses the nuclear arms race, its historical background, technological ramifications, and impact on contemporary life.

Examines the issues and questions posed by civil defense in the nuclear age and the related controversy over the arms race and the nuclear freeze movement.

Presents a portrait of Ronald Reagan and his presidency, using his proposed Star Wars defense as a lens through which to examine the extent to which national discourse about foreign and defense policy is not about reality, but instead a matter of domestic politics, history, and mythology.