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Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World
Pluto Press, 2007 Cloth: 978-0-7453-2495-1 | Paper: 978-0-7453-2494-4 Library of Congress Classification U263.G47 2007 Dewey Decimal Classification 355.0217
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The United States is the only country to have dropped the atomic bomb. Since the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, every U.S. president has threatened nuclear war. This concise history shows how the United States has used nuclear weapons to bolster its imperial ambitions. Leading nuclear specialist and peace campaigner Joseph Gerson explains why atomic weapons were first built and used---and how the United States uses them today to preserve its global empire. Gerson reveals how and why the United States made more than twenty threats of nuclear attack during the Cold War---against Russia, China, Vietnam, and the Middle East. He shows how such threats continued under Presidents Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush. The book concludes with an appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons and an overview of the history of the anti-nuclear movement. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including extensive government documents, this fascinating and timely account shows how the United States has used nuclear weapons to dominate the world. Read a review of Empire and the Bomb: http://www.jamesclayfuller.com/2007/09/terrifying-book-but-read-it-anyway.html See other books on: Bomb | Empire | Military policy | Nuclear disarmament | Nuclear warfare See other titles from Pluto Press |
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Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
Pluto Press, 2007
Cloth: 978-0-7453-2495-1
Paper: 978-0-7453-2494-4
Cloth: 978-0-7453-2495-1
Paper: 978-0-7453-2494-4
The United States is the only country to have dropped the atomic bomb. Since the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, every U.S. president has threatened nuclear war. This concise history shows how the United States has used nuclear weapons to bolster its imperial ambitions. Leading nuclear specialist and peace campaigner Joseph Gerson explains why atomic weapons were first built and used---and how the United States uses them today to preserve its global empire.
Gerson reveals how and why the United States made more than twenty threats of nuclear attack during the Cold War---against Russia, China, Vietnam, and the Middle East. He shows how such threats continued under Presidents Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush.
The book concludes with an appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons and an overview of the history of the anti-nuclear movement. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including extensive government documents, this fascinating and timely account shows how the United States has used nuclear weapons to dominate the world.
Read a review of Empire and the Bomb:
http://www.jamesclayfuller.com/2007/09/terrifying-book-but-read-it-anyway.html
Gerson reveals how and why the United States made more than twenty threats of nuclear attack during the Cold War---against Russia, China, Vietnam, and the Middle East. He shows how such threats continued under Presidents Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush.
The book concludes with an appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons and an overview of the history of the anti-nuclear movement. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including extensive government documents, this fascinating and timely account shows how the United States has used nuclear weapons to dominate the world.
Read a review of Empire and the Bomb:
http://www.jamesclayfuller.com/2007/09/terrifying-book-but-read-it-anyway.html
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
