Nuclear Shadowboxing: Contemporary Threats from Cold War Weaponry; Volume 1: Cold War Redux, Volume 1DeVolpi, Inc., 2004 - 500 pages |
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... World War II. As citizen- scientists, they have also been involved in trying to apply their unique technical experience to improve human survivability and environmental health. DeVolpi previously had non-combat duty in the U.S. Navy ...
... World War II. As citizen- scientists, they have also been involved in trying to apply their unique technical experience to improve human survivability and environmental health. DeVolpi previously had non-combat duty in the U.S. Navy ...
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... world — lived in danger of being fried to bacon crisps , for reasons less than abundantly clear . If an all - out nuclear war had occurred , the few survivors would have been cast back into another brutal Stone Age . Now we know that we ...
... world — lived in danger of being fried to bacon crisps , for reasons less than abundantly clear . If an all - out nuclear war had occurred , the few survivors would have been cast back into another brutal Stone Age . Now we know that we ...
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... , nonproliferation , and weapons development . We emphasize this because much of the analysis in the book requires the type of expertise that we possess . Our Problems for the New Millennium . Figure 0-1 : World's xii Nuclear Shadowboxing.
... , nonproliferation , and weapons development . We emphasize this because much of the analysis in the book requires the type of expertise that we possess . Our Problems for the New Millennium . Figure 0-1 : World's xii Nuclear Shadowboxing.
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... world that often relishes sound bites, we offer this synopsis of topics and themes but with great trepidation, reluctance, terseness — and with shortcomings inherent in condensing a two-volume book. Major. Topics. Volume 1. Comprised of ...
... world that often relishes sound bites, we offer this synopsis of topics and themes but with great trepidation, reluctance, terseness — and with shortcomings inherent in condensing a two-volume book. Major. Topics. Volume 1. Comprised of ...
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... world, is its nuclear heritage. Many analysts observe that Russia's protective infrastructure is deteriorating, and are fearful that non-nuclear-weapon states or terrorists might be able to get their hands on some nuclear materials. We ...
... world, is its nuclear heritage. Many analysts observe that Russia's protective infrastructure is deteriorating, and are fearful that non-nuclear-weapon states or terrorists might be able to get their hands on some nuclear materials. We ...
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Fréquemment cités
Page 43 - In the councils of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
Page 102 - Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.
Page 98 - Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
Page 46 - Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientifictechnological elite.
Page 44 - We have gone on piling weapon upon weapon, missile upon missile, new levels of destructiveness upon old ones. We have done this helplessly, almost involuntarily: like the victims of some sort of hypnotism, like men in a dream, like lemmings heading for the sea, like the children of Hamlin marching blindly along behind their Pied Piper.