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Mao's China and the Cold War

de Jian Chen ...

Series series New Cold War History
This comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the orientation of the global Cold War and the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.The success of China's Communist revolution in 1949 set the stage, Chen says. The Korean War, the Taiwan Strait crises, and the Vietnam War--all of which involved China as a central ... Leer más

$25.64 USD

This comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the orientation of the global Cold War and the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.The success of China's Communist revolution in 1949 set the stage, Chen says. The Korean War, the Taiwan Strait crises, and the Vietnam War--all of which involved China as a central
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Libya and Nuclear Proliferation

Stepping Back from the Brink

de Wyn Q. Bowen ...

Series series Adelphi series
This Adelphi Paper examines the motives behind Libya‘s pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, from Gadhafi‘s rise to power in 1969 through to the end of 2003. It also assesses the proliferation pathways that the regime followed during this period, including early dependence on Soviet technology and assistance, subsequently relying on technological infusions from the A.Q. Khan network.Wyn Q. ... Leer más

$43.19 USD

This Adelphi Paper examines the motives behind Libya‘s pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, from Gadhafi‘s rise to power in 1969 through to the end of 2003. It also assesses the proliferation pathways that the regime followed during this period, including early dependence on Soviet technology and assistance, subsequently relying on technological infusions from the A.Q. Khan network.Wyn Q.
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North Korean Nuclear Weapon And Reunification Of The Korean Peninsula

de Sung-wook Nam ...

This book explains the origin and historical development of North Korean nuclear weapon dated from the aftermath of World War II. The story of North Korea's nuclear program began when the United States dropped atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 which led to Japan's immediate defeat. Surprised by the speed of Japan's surrender, North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-sung vowed to ... Leer más

$25.64 USD

This book explains the origin and historical development of North Korean nuclear weapon dated from the aftermath of World War II. The story of North Korea's nuclear program began when the United States dropped atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 which led to Japan's immediate defeat. Surprised by the speed of Japan's surrender, North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-sung vowed to
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Almighty

Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age

de Dan Zak ...

****A Washington Post "Notable Nonfiction Book of 2016"**ON A TRANQUIL SUMMER NIGHT** in July 2012, a trio of peace activists infiltrated the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Nicknamed the “Fort Knox of Uranium,” Y-12 was supposedly one of the most secure sites in the world, a bastion of warhead parts and hundreds of tons of highly enriched uranium—enough to power thousands ... Leer más

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****A Washington Post "Notable Nonfiction Book of 2016"**ON A TRANQUIL SUMMER NIGHT** in July 2012, a trio of peace activists infiltrated the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Nicknamed the “Fort Knox of Uranium,” Y-12 was supposedly one of the most secure sites in the world, a bastion of warhead parts and hundreds of tons of highly enriched uranium—enough to power thousands
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Stopping the Bomb

The Sources and Effectiveness of US Nonproliferation Policy

de Nicholas L. Miller ...

Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
This is an intense and meticulously sourced study on the topic of nuclear weapons proliferation, beginning with America's introduction of the Atomic Age... His book provides a full explanation of America's policy with a time sequence necessarily focusing on the domino effect of states acquiring a nuclear weapons capability and the import of bureaucratic decisions on international political ... Leer más

$33.20 USD

This is an intense and meticulously sourced study on the topic of nuclear weapons proliferation, beginning with America's introduction of the Atomic Age... His book provides a full explanation of America's policy with a time sequence necessarily focusing on the domino effect of states acquiring a nuclear weapons capability and the import of bureaucratic decisions on international political
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Conflict

The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

de David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts ...

New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, and Publishers Weekly bestsellerAspects of History, The Critic, Octavian, and Modern War Institute Book of the Year.**Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of military history and war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the ... ... Leer más

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New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, and Publishers Weekly bestsellerAspects of History, The Critic, Octavian, and Modern War Institute Book of the Year.**Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of military history and war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the ...
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Memes Incitement & Gun Control

de Michael Nicholas Hunt ...

Memes Incitement & Gun Control demonstrates how the memes we consume on social media can occasionally exert unconscious bias and be a factor in inciting mass shootings such as has occurred recently in Gilmore California, El Paso Texas and Dayton Ohio.Most memetic content is safe but some can be thought of as similar to a safety catch on a gun. The case study traces the development of the ‘ABC’ ... Leer más

$3.59 USD

Memes Incitement & Gun Control demonstrates how the memes we consume on social media can occasionally exert unconscious bias and be a factor in inciting mass shootings such as has occurred recently in Gilmore California, El Paso Texas and Dayton Ohio.Most memetic content is safe but some can be thought of as similar to a safety catch on a gun. The case study traces the development of the ‘ABC’
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Unthinkable

Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy

de Kenneth Pollack ...

The world’s foremost expert on Middle Eastern relations examines Iran’s current nuclear potential and charts America’s future course of action. ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

The world’s foremost expert on Middle Eastern relations examines Iran’s current nuclear potential and charts America’s future course of action.
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The Doomsday Machine

Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

de Daniel Ellsberg ...

Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionFinalist for The California Book Award in NonfictionThe San Francisco Chronicle's Best of the Year ListForeign Affairs Best Books of the YearIn These Times “Best Books of the Year"Huffington Post's Ten Excellent December Books ListLitHub's “Five Books Making News This Week”</str... ... Leer más

$11.69 USD

Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionFinalist for The California Book Award in NonfictionThe San Francisco Chronicle's Best of the Year ListForeign Affairs Best Books of the YearIn These Times “Best Books of the Year"Huffington Post's Ten Excellent December Books ListLitHub's “Five Books Making News This Week”</str...
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

The Cyberweapons Arms Race

de Nicole Perlroth ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations)"Written in the hot, propulsive prose of a spy thriller" (The New York Times), the untold story of the cyberweapons market-the most secretive, government-backed market on earth-and a terrifying first look at a new kind of ... Leer más

$12.86 USD

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations)"Written in the hot, propulsive prose of a spy thriller" (The New York Times), the untold story of the cyberweapons market-the most secretive, government-backed market on earth-and a terrifying first look at a new kind of
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Organizational Cultures and the Management of Nuclear Technology

Political and Military Sociology

Edición de Karthika Sasikumar, Russell Kirk ...

Series series Political and Military Sociology Series
Nuclear technology has been an organizing premise of the international system since 1945. Eight countries have officially acknowledged the possession of nuclear weapons. Many countries have harnessed the atom for electricity generation and other civilian uses. Roughly 440 commercial nuclear reactors operate in thirty countries providing 14 percent of the world's electricity. Volatile oil prices ... Leer más

$66.59 USD

Nuclear technology has been an organizing premise of the international system since 1945. Eight countries have officially acknowledged the possession of nuclear weapons. Many countries have harnessed the atom for electricity generation and other civilian uses. Roughly 440 commercial nuclear reactors operate in thirty countries providing 14 percent of the world's electricity. Volatile oil prices
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A Narco History

How the United States and Mexico Jointly Created the "Mexican Drug War"

de Carmen Boullosa, Mike Wallace ...

The term Mexican Drug War” misleads. It implies that the ongoing bloodbath, which has now killed well over 100,000 people, is an internal Mexican affair.But this diverts attention from the U.S. role in creating and sustaining the carnage. It’s not just that Americans buy drugs from, and sell weapons to, Mexico’s murderous cartels. It’s that ever since the U.S. prohibited the use and sale of drugs ... Leer más

$7.82 USD

The term Mexican Drug War” misleads. It implies that the ongoing bloodbath, which has now killed well over 100,000 people, is an internal Mexican affair.But this diverts attention from the U.S. role in creating and sustaining the carnage. It’s not just that Americans buy drugs from, and sell weapons to, Mexico’s murderous cartels. It’s that ever since the U.S. prohibited the use and sale of drugs
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"Guns Don't Kill People, People Kill People"

And Other Myths About Guns and Gun Control

de Dennis A. Henigan ...

Series Libro 4 - Myths Made in America
“A must-read for every American who longs to bring sanity to our nation’s gun laws,” this book debunks the lethal logic behind the myths that have framed the gun control debate (Ariana Huffington, Huffington Post).The gun lobby’s remarkable success in using engaging slogans to frame the gun control debate has allowed it to block lifesaving gun legislation for decades. But is there any truth to ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

“A must-read for every American who longs to bring sanity to our nation’s gun laws,” this book debunks the lethal logic behind the myths that have framed the gun control debate (Ariana Huffington, Huffington Post).The gun lobby’s remarkable success in using engaging slogans to frame the gun control debate has allowed it to block lifesaving gun legislation for decades. But is there any truth to
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America through Foreign Eyes

de Jorge G. Castañedaa ...

Do Americans care what foreigners think about the United States? This book makes the case that they should. In these pages, Jorge Castañeda writes from his unique vantage point as a former Foreign Minister of Mexico who has lived, studied, and worked in America. He offers an impressionistic, analytical, and intuitive review of his experience in the country over the last half-century, and shows how ... Leer más

$14.57 USD

Do Americans care what foreigners think about the United States? This book makes the case that they should. In these pages, Jorge Castañeda writes from his unique vantage point as a former Foreign Minister of Mexico who has lived, studied, and worked in America. He offers an impressionistic, analytical, and intuitive review of his experience in the country over the last half-century, and shows how
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Bytes and Bullets

Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare

de Steve Feldstein ...

"A masterful, analytically rich account." —Booklist“Scenarios that ought to frighten just about everyone.” —Kirkus ReviewsNew tech is changing the contours of geopolitical stability—America must act now, or risk losing its global standing forever.Technology has always driven political competition. For decades, the US set the international rules on innovation, standards, and export regulations, ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

"A masterful, analytically rich account." —Booklist“Scenarios that ought to frighten just about everyone.” —Kirkus ReviewsNew tech is changing the contours of geopolitical stability—America must act now, or risk losing its global standing forever.Technology has always driven political competition. For decades, the US set the international rules on innovation, standards, and export regulations,
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The Twilight of the Bombs

Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons

de Richard Rhodes ...

The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post–Cold War age.The past twenty years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding, Rhodes makes clear how the five original nuclear powers—Russia, ... Leer más

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The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post–Cold War age.The past twenty years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding, Rhodes makes clear how the five original nuclear powers—Russia,
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Project Maven

A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare

de Katrina Manson ...

**The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver America into the age of AI warfare.Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year AwardOne of the Economist's Best Books of 2026 • An NPR Staff Favorite Nonfiction of 2026 So Far**In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by Drew Cukor ... Leer más

$19.70 USD

**The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver America into the age of AI warfare.Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year AwardOne of the Economist's Best Books of 2026 • An NPR Staff Favorite Nonfiction of 2026 So Far**In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by Drew Cukor
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The Dead Hand (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy

de David Hoffman ...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe first full account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close, this riveting narrative history sheds new light on the people who struggled to end this era of massive overkill, and examines the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today.Drawing on memoirs, interviews in both Russia and the US, and classified ... Leer más

$5.99 USD

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe first full account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close, this riveting narrative history sheds new light on the people who struggled to end this era of massive overkill, and examines the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today.Drawing on memoirs, interviews in both Russia and the US, and classified
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One Minute to Midnight

de Michael Dobbs ...

In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear conflict over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba. In thishour-by-hour chronicle of those tense days, veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs reveals just how close we came to Armageddon.Here, for the first time, are gripping accounts of Khrushchev's plan to destroy the U ... Leer más

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In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear conflict over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba. In thishour-by-hour chronicle of those tense days, veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs reveals just how close we came to Armageddon.Here, for the first time, are gripping accounts of Khrushchev's plan to destroy the U
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Iran: The Nuclear Challenge

de Robert D. Blackwill, Elliott Abrams, Robert M. Danin, Richard A. Falkenrath, Matthew Kroenig, Meghan L. O'Sullivan, Ray Takeyh ...

Iran: The Nuclear Challenge maps the objectives, tools, and strategies for dealing with one of the most vexing issues facing the United States and global community today. The book brings together leading expertsCFRs Elliott Abrams, Robert D. Blackwill, Robert M. Danin, Richard A. Falkenrath, Matthew Kroenig, Meghan L. OSullivan, and Ray Takeyhon the issues and contingencies surrounding Irans ... Leer más

$2.69 USD

Iran: The Nuclear Challenge maps the objectives, tools, and strategies for dealing with one of the most vexing issues facing the United States and global community today. The book brings together leading expertsCFRs Elliott Abrams, Robert D. Blackwill, Robert M. Danin, Richard A. Falkenrath, Matthew Kroenig, Meghan L. OSullivan, and Ray Takeyhon the issues and contingencies surrounding Irans
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臺灣的勝算：以小制大的不對稱戰略，全臺灣人都應了解的整體防衛構想

The Overall Defense Concept: An Asymmetric Approach to Taiwan’s Defense

de 李喜明 ...

總長級上將親自執筆，攸關臺灣安全防衛的務實鉅著！此時此刻，你最需要熟讀的一本書。前參謀總長李喜明上將，精粹49年戰略實務經驗具體闡釋國外政軍高度推崇的不對稱作戰、擘劃臺灣整體防衛藍圖你知道，臺灣是世界上最危險的國家嗎？你有準備好直視恐懼、面對危險嗎？我們該如何「避免戰爭」、「嚇阻戰爭」、「打贏戰爭」★ 務實面對始終存在的威脅，思索臺海戰爭的可能性。★ 2022、2027、2032、2049年……戰爭什麼時候可能爆發？★ 面對戰爭，我們的勝算又是什麼？身為臺灣人，面對險峻情勢，你有徹底了解、做好準備嗎？▍臺灣與戰爭的距離，比你我想像的要近2022年2月，俄烏戰爭爆發，震驚國際。戰火的煙硝吹向地球的另一端，各大媒體紛紛刊出「下一個會是臺灣嗎？」為題的報導，然而臺灣民眾處「驚」不變、見怪不怪，很快又投身日常... ... Leer más

$7.56 USD

總長級上將親自執筆，攸關臺灣安全防衛的務實鉅著！此時此刻，你最需要熟讀的一本書。前參謀總長李喜明上將，精粹49年戰略實務經驗具體闡釋國外政軍高度推崇的不對稱作戰、擘劃臺灣整體防衛藍圖你知道，臺灣是世界上最危險的國家嗎？你有準備好直視恐懼、面對危險嗎？我們該如何「避免戰爭」、「嚇阻戰爭」、「打贏戰爭」★ 務實面對始終存在的威脅，思索臺海戰爭的可能性。★ 2022、2027、2032、2049年……戰爭什麼時候可能爆發？★ 面對戰爭，我們的勝算又是什麼？身為臺灣人，面對險峻情勢，你有徹底了解、做好準備嗎？▍臺灣與戰爭的距離，比你我想像的要近2022年2月，俄烏戰爭爆發，震驚國際。戰火的煙硝吹向地球的另一端，各大媒體紛紛刊出「下一個會是臺灣嗎？」為題的報導，然而臺灣民眾處「驚」不變、見怪不怪，很快又投身日常...
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True Colours

The 10th Spider Shepherd Thriller

de Stephen Leather ...

Series Libro 10 - The Spider Shepherd Thrillers
Readers can't get enough of Dan 'Spider' Shepherd'I simply can't get enough of Spider Shepherd' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Spider Shepherd is the new James Bond' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This series just gets better and better' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Action packed, spine-chilling excitement' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A truly heart-racing read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The Russian oligarchs are the world's new elite. They treat the world as... ... Leer más

$3.99 USD

Readers can't get enough of Dan 'Spider' Shepherd'I simply can't get enough of Spider Shepherd' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Spider Shepherd is the new James Bond' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This series just gets better and better' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Action packed, spine-chilling excitement' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A truly heart-racing read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The Russian oligarchs are the world's new elite. They treat the world as...
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First Into Nagasaki

The Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on Post-Atomic Japan and Its Prisoners of War

de George Weller, Anthony Weller ...

George Weller was a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter who covered World War II across Europe, Africa, and Asia. At the war’s end in September 1945, under General MacArthur’s media blackout, correspondents were forbidden to enter both Nagasaki and Hiroshima. But instead of obediently staying with the press corps in northern Japan, Weller broke away. The intrepid newspaperman reached Nagasaki just ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

George Weller was a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter who covered World War II across Europe, Africa, and Asia. At the war’s end in September 1945, under General MacArthur’s media blackout, correspondents were forbidden to enter both Nagasaki and Hiroshima. But instead of obediently staying with the press corps in northern Japan, Weller broke away. The intrepid newspaperman reached Nagasaki just
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The Withdrawal

Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power

de Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad ...

Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan“Through the structure of a deeply engaging conversation between two of our most important contemporary public intellectuals, we are urged to defy the inattention of the media to the disastrous damage inflicted in Afghanistan on life, land, and resources in the aftermath of the U.S. ... Leer más

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Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan“Through the structure of a deeply engaging conversation between two of our most important contemporary public intellectuals, we are urged to defy the inattention of the media to the disastrous damage inflicted in Afghanistan on life, land, and resources in the aftermath of the U.S.
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