2002, ISBN: 9781565847408

Gebundene Ausgabe

Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1957. Reprint. 1969 printing. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Previous owner's initials in ink on fep. DJ ahs some wear, siol… Mehr…

Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1957. Reprint. 1969 printing. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Previous owner's initials in ink on fep. DJ ahs some wear, sioling, edge tears, and chip.. xi, 201 p. Index. This is one of the Chicago History of American Civilization series. Once the sword of power has been drawn, it can never again be sheathed. That is the lesson the United States has been learning ever since she emerged from World War II as one of the great world powers. This central issue dominates Herbert Agar's exciting narrative history of the first twelve years of American world responsibility. He reviews the events and crises that have marked postwar history--the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, the Berlin airlift, the Eightieth Congress and Truman's election, the Hiss case, the collapse of Nationalist China, the McCarthy hearings, the atom and hydrogen bombs, McCarthy's "retirement, " and Eisenhower's first election. In the great tradition of journalism and history, Mr. Agar has based his writings on close observation of recent world events and on his acquaintance with the people who have participated in them. He presents a vigorous and brilliant interpretation of the difficult years of America's coming of age in the field of international politics and diplomacy and a candid evaluation of the price America must pay as the world's most powerful nation., The University of Chicago Press, 1957, 2.5, New York: The New Press, 2002. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Very good. xx, [2], 263, [3] pages. Notes. Appendix A-D. Index. Illustration. Dr. Caldicott is the founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Both the Smithsonian Institute and Ladies' Home Journal named her one of the most influential Women of the 20th Century. She has devoted decades to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age. The author looks at the indebtedness of the current Bush administration to the nuclear arms industry and warns of the enormous dangers inherent in allowing weapons manufacturers to dictate foreign policy. Recounting the history of government collusion with the arms industry. The author shows how the merging of weapons firms in the 1980s created hugely powerful "death merchants," including Lockheed Martin and others, ready to lobby politicians and manipulate public opinion on behalf of their corporate interests. Enumerating the medical consequences of war, the author demonstrates conclusively that the notion of nuclear survival was a fantasy, and that nuclear victory was an oxymoron., The New Press, 2002, 3<

2002, ISBN: 1565847407

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[EAN: 9781565847408], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: The New Press, New York], NUCLEAR WAR, WEAPONS, MISSILE DEFENSE, LOCKHEED MARTIN, ANTINUCLEAR, STAR WARS, SPACE ABM, BUSH ADMINIS… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781565847408], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: The New Press, New York], NUCLEAR WAR, WEAPONS, MISSILE DEFENSE, LOCKHEED MARTIN, ANTINUCLEAR, STAR WARS, SPACE ABM, BUSH ADMINISTRATION, ARMS SALES, ICBM, LOS ALAMOS, LAWRENCE LIVERMORE, STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP, PENTAGON, RAYTHEON, URANIUM, PLUTONIUM, xx, [2], 263, [3] pages. Notes. Appendix A-D. Index. Illustration. Dr. Caldicott is the founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Both the Smithsonian Institute and Ladies' Home Journal named her one of the most influential Women of the 20th Century. She has devoted decades to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age. The author looks at the indebtedness of the current Bush administration to the nuclear arms industry and warns of the enormous dangers inherent in allowing weapons manufacturers to dictate foreign policy. Recounting the history of government collusion with the arms industry. The author shows how the merging of weapons firms in the 1980s created hugely powerful "death merchants," including Lockheed Martin and others, ready to lobby politicians and manipulate public opinion on behalf of their corporate interests. Enumerating the medical consequences of war, the author demonstrates conclusively that the notion of nuclear survival was a fantasy, and that nuclear victory was an oxymoron., Books<