Category Archives: Weapons & Warfare

Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World

The fascinating story of the most powerful source of energy the earth can yield Uranium is a common element in the earth’s crust and the only naturally occurring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet. After … Continue reading

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The Cold War: An International History 1947-1991 (Contemporary History Series)

This study provides a fresh assessment of the entire course of the Cold War, and is based on insights into the structure of postwar international politics revealed by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Drawing on newly released material and … Continue reading

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Banning Weapons of Mass Destruction (Praeger Security International)

The threat of weapons of mass destruction is still viable, and unless proper motions are made to prohibit this, global safety is still at risk. Prior arms control agreements have moved humanity within striking distance of global prohibition, yet these … Continue reading

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Iran and Nuclear Weapons: Protracted Conflict and Proliferation

Thisbook investigates what is driving Iran’s nuclear weapons programme in a less-hostile regional environment, using a theory of protracted conflicts to explicate proliferation. Iran’s nuclear weapons program has alarmed the international community since the 1990s, but has come to the … Continue reading

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Biosecurity: Origins, Transformations and Practices (New Security Challenges)

This book explores the origins, interpretations and meanings of the term biosecurity. It brings together contributors on issues relating to the perceptions of the threat of biological weapons and how states are responding, or not, to the challenges posed by … Continue reading

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M3 Medium Tank vs Panzer III: Kasserine Pass, 1943 (Duel)

“…the first-person perspectives offered by Kirby and Köhler put this book on my recommended books list. These personal experiences definitely stirred some interest for me to research more on the design, evolution, and field performance of each of the two … Continue reading

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Nuclear Safeguards, Security and Nonproliferation: Achieving Security with Technology and Policy

With an increase of global security concerns over potential terrorist acts, the threat of WMDs, and increasing political issues with nations seeking nuclear capability, the need to track, detect, and safeguard nuclear material globally has never been greater. Nuclear Safeguards, … Continue reading

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Hiroshima: The World’s Bomb (Making of the Modern World)

The US decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima remains one of the most controversial events of the twentieth century. But as this fascinating new history shows, the bomb dropped by an American pilot that hot August morning was … Continue reading

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Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters (Boston Review Books)

In 2002 Dr. Hans Blix, then chief United Nations weapons inspector, led his team on a search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. By March 2003, when the United States invaded, he had found no evidence that Iraq had … Continue reading

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Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic Age 1792– – 1815: Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics

Robert B. Bruce is an Associate Professor of History at Sam Houston State University in Texas. He is the award-winning author of numerous books on military history. He is a member of the Napoleonic Historical Society. Iain Dickie has been … Continue reading

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