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Here is a history of the development of military missiles and space travel from World War II to the American visits to the Moon in 1969-1972. It stresses the relationship between the early stages of space exploration and the arms race, and that a dual path led to space flight.

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This volume reviews the debates surrounding the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense systems and their deployment by George W. Bush, allowing readers to assess for themselves the significance of Bush's decisions.

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The Nuclear Weapons World: Who, How, and Where is a unique guide to nuclear weapons decisionmaking and decisionmakers in the five official nuclear weapons states and the two nuclear alliances.

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Contrasts the Cold War and post-Cold War environments for the pursuit of military advantage through nuclear deterrence and warns against complacent acceptance of nuclear weapons spread.

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Identifying five conditions necessary for successful restructuring of a post Cold-War armoured vehicle industry, this volume looks at the absence or presence of these economic conditions in Britain, Germany, and France in comparison with the USA.

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This work reveals the political underpinnings of the nuclear weapons movement in India and Pakistan. It argues that the nuclearization of these countries is linked to processes of national formation.

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Addresses a broad spectrum of nuclear arms control issues, including the history of the arms race, superpower talks and treaties on control, and the role of the non-nuclear powers. Menos concludes that the effort towards limitation is minimal when compared with that towards weapon development.

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But, in 1940, as America prepared for war, thanks to the efforts of the Quartermaster Corps, the haphazard policies that had once governed truck procurement were superseded by a standardization policy that purchased predetermined makes and models of trucks manufactured specifically for Army service.

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Presents a comparative overview of the cultural imaginations of nuclear weapons and the anticipation of nuclear destruction. It considers representations of elements of the Cold War in popular culture and thought across Europe, Japan, USSR and the USA, providing a significant addition to Cold War historiography. -- .

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This book provides a chronicle of the events that have carried the world into a Third Nuclear Age and an analysis of how it happened. Making the case for critical nuclear studies, it traces the dangers of recent technological and political advances and provides an intervention into debates about nuclear weapons.

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A biography of the young German aristocrat who created Hitler's most advanced terror weapon, the V-2 rocket, and who came to the USA under the Army's Project Paperclip to develop missiles essential to the Cold War.

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Ultimately more than the history of an airplanethough the Zero is presented with the grandeur due itthis book is an extremely astute presentation of the Japanese character and world view.

From a North American standpoint, Zero Fighter makes a number of highly interesting points, having been written for the Japanese market.

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This highly illustrated new study tells the full story of the German light Panzers in World War II.

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In the 1920s and 30s, aircraft designer Andrey Tupolev designed a series of advanced torpedo boats for the USSR. Superbly illustrated, this is their first history in English.

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An illustrated study of the legendary Spitfire and the evolving tactics behind its early defence of Britain's shores.

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Unparalleled catastrophe chronicles and critically analyses recent events that have brought about a dangerous Third Nuclear Age. It presents the case for rethinking how we understand nuclear weapons and international security, and argues that today the planet stands on the brink of catastrophe. This book tells you why, and what we can do about it.

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