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245 14 a| The twilight of the bombs :b| recent challenges, new dangers, and the prospects for a world without nuclear weapons /c| Richard Rhodes.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Alfred A. Knopf,c| 2010.;

300 a| xii, 366 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-345) and index.;

505 0 a| Part 1. Following the Calutron Trail: "President Bush's Frankenstein" ; Cutting Saddam's sinews ; True courage ; Following the Calutron Trail -- Part 2. Breakdown and reformation: The little suitcase ; Many little monsters ; Waiting forty years -- Part 3. Coming in from the Cold: Preventive defense ; Leaving the Laager ; A million and a trillion ; Great leaders ; The cornerstone of peace and stability ; The dog ate my homework -- Part 4. An intolerable threat to all humanity: Regime change ; The hard stare into the abyss ; The twilight of the bombs.;

520 a| This culminating volume in Richard Rhodes's monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons offers the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post-Cold War age from the second war in Iraq to the emerging threat of nuclear terrorism, from the changing roles of the five original nuclear powers to our complicated relationships with North Korea and South Asia. Finally, Rhodes imagines what a post-nuclear world might look like, suggesting what might make it possible.;

650 0 a| Nuclear weapons.=| ^A38562;

650 0 a| Arms race.=| ^A163139;

650 0 a| Nuclear nonproliferation.=| ^A112175;

650 0 a| Nuclear disarmament.=| ^A35014;

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The twilight of the bombs : recent challenges, new dangers, and the prospects for a world without nuclear weapons / Richard Rhodes.

Author/creator	Rhodes, Richard, 1937-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Description	xii, 366 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Nuclear weapons. Arms race. Nuclear nonproliferation. Nuclear disarmament.

Contents	Part 1. Following the Calutron Trail: "President Bush's Frankenstein" ; Cutting Saddam's sinews ; True courage ; Following the Calutron Trail -- Part 2. Breakdown and reformation: The little suitcase ; Many little monsters ; Waiting forty years -- Part 3. Coming in from the Cold: Preventive defense ; Leaving the Laager ; A million and a trillion ; Great leaders ; The cornerstone of peace and stability ; The dog ate my homework -- Part 4. An intolerable threat to all humanity: Regime change ; The hard stare into the abyss ; The twilight of the bombs.
Abstract	This culminating volume in Richard Rhodes's monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons offers the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post-Cold War age from the second war in Iraq to the emerging threat of nuclear terrorism, from the changing roles of the five original nuclear powers to our complicated relationships with North Korea and South Asia. Finally, Rhodes imagines what a post-nuclear world might look like, suggesting what might make it possible.
General note	"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-345) and index.
LCCN	2010003901
ISBN	9780307267542 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0307267547 (alk. paper)

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