ISBN: 9780671701062

[ED: Hardcover/gebunden], [PU: Simon & Schuster], Verlagsfrisches Exemplar. Democracy is based on the idea that the people rule and that the best decisions are made in public view. The nu… Mehr…

[ED: Hardcover/gebunden], [PU: Simon & Schuster], Verlagsfrisches Exemplar. Democracy is based on the idea that the people rule and that the best decisions are made in public view. The nuclear age, however, has demanded and fostered a pervasive secrecy, at least about weapons and strategies. Great national laboratories and think tanks have spent many billions of dollars designing and perfecting the nuclear arsenal, all protected by strict classification rules and hidden from public oversight. The need for a split-second response to a nuclear attack has of course made it necessary to shift the war-making power to the President and to eviscerate Congress' constitutional authority and responsibility to declare war. But the secrecy that engulfs nuclear decision-making can also lead to less-than-optimal decisions. A case in point are the dangers chillingly and meticulously described in William J. Broad's "Teller's War," the story of the Star Wars scam and the deceptions that were at the heart of it. As Broad accurately and persuasively lays out, some of the nation's leading nuclear scientists--led by Edward Teller--actively misrepresented the success of research on X-ray lasers and the prospects for developing weapons in space that could shoot down enemy missiles at the speed of light. Teller is an extraordinarily interesting and brilliant figure: the father of the H-bomb, destroyer of Robert Oppenheimer's career, rabid and uncompromising anti-communist, a pariah to many and hero to some, a powerhouse of ideas, only a few of which turned out to be right but all of which he has pursued with equal enthusiasm., AT, [SC: 9.90], wie neu, privates Angebot, 240x160mm, 350, [GW: 592g], [PU: New York-London-Toronto], Banküberweisung, Internationaler Versand, [CT: Geschichte/Politik / 20. Jhdt.]<

ISBN: 9780671701062

Simon & Schuster. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex l… Mehr…

Simon & Schuster. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Simon & Schuster, 2.5<

1992, ISBN: 0671701061

[EAN: 9780671701062], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Simon & Schuster], Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc., Books