Inside the Cold War / Pat Ware.
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- ISBN: 9781499467673
- ISBN: 1499467672
- ISBN: 1508186146
- ISBN: 9781508186144
- Physical Description: 160 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Rosen YA, 2019.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes abbreviations and glossary. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical information (page 156) and index. |
Summary, etc.: | Even though the Cold War ended in 1991, today's geopolitics still reflects its divisions and most pressing issues. Not only does the current strained relationship between the United States and Russia call to mind the tensions between the U.S. and USSR, but the specter of nuclear war has haunted both periods. This volume illustrates the role that the nuclear threat played in the Cold War. It opens with the development of the first nuclear weapons and then traces the rises of air-launched, land-based, and naval nuclear weapons, early warning systems, and methods of preparation in case the worst happened. Historical photographs, diagrams, charts, maps, and blueprints will draw in readers. |
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Subject: | Cold War. World politics > 1945-1989. United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989. United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989. |
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Table of Contents
Inside the Cold War
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Introduction | p. 6 | |
The Cold War story | p. 10 | |
Nuclear weapon development | p. 15 | |
The post-war years | p. 21 | |
East-West arms race | p. 25 | |
Nuclear-weapons-free zones | p. 25 | |
Doomsday clock | p. 26 | |
Fighting a nuclear war | p. 26 | |
Mutual assured destruction (MAD) | p. 28 | |
The strategy of nuclear war | p. 29 | |
Nuclear weapons | p. 32 | |
Development and testing | p. 36 | |
Effects of nuclear weapons | p. 41 | |
US nuclear weapons | p. 43 | |
Independent British nuclear deterrent | p. 44 | |
Anglo-US development | p. 50 | |
Nuclear weapons manufacture | p. 52 | |
Nuclear stockpiles | p. 54 | |
Biological and chemical weapons | p. 55 | |
Early warming systems | p. 56 | |
US early warning systems | p. 58 | |
British early warning systems | p. 60 | |
"Pressing the nuclear button" | p. 66 | |
Air-launched nuclear weapons | p. 68 | |
The British V-Bombers | p. 70 | |
V-Bomber airfields | p. 76 | |
Weapons stores | p. 78 | |
US air-launched nuclear weapons | p. 81 | |
Land-based nuclear weapons | p. 86 | |
US nuclear artillery | p. 89 | |
US tactical nuclear weapons | p. 90 | |
US strategic nuclear weapons | p. 95 | |
Missile launch silos | p. 100 | |
Naval nuclear weapons | p. 102 | |
Submarine-launched missiles | p. 104 | |
Cruise missiles | p. 107 | |
Nuclear anti-submarine weapons | p. 109 | |
Resolution-class submarines | p. 110 | |
Clyde Naval Base | p. 111 | |
Emergency government facilities | p. 112 | |
Central government facilities | p. 114 | |
Regional government facilities | p. 115 | |
County and local authority facilities | p. 120 | |
Communications facilities | p. 121 | |
Fuel and pipeline systems | p. 123 | |
Provisions stores | p. 124 | |
Civil defense | p. 126 | |
"Four-minute warning" | p. 129 | |
Public information | p. 130 | |
Fallout shelters | p. 132 | |
Civil Defence Corps | p. 136 | |
Aftermath | p. 140 | |
Recovery | p. 144 | |
Ban the bomb! | p. 144 | |
Epilogue | p. 148 | |
Nuclear accidents | p. 149 | |
The bomb in popular culture | p. 151 | |
A nuclear-free future? | p. 152 | |
Glossary | p. 154 | |
For More Information | p. 155 | |
For Further Reading | p. 156 | |
Index | p. 157 |