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Weapons of Mass Destruction: Specters of the Nuclear Age, by Martin Miller and published by Schiffer Publishing, is a 208-page hardcover visual history of the nuclear age.
Features
- 208 pages
- 200 black-and-white photos
- 12" x 9"
- Hardcover
About the Book
Written by former research physicist Martin Miller, this visual timeline tracks the proliferation of the nuclear age from early 20th-century research through the atomic bomb drops on Japan and the subsequent Cold War buildup, including America's inventory of some 70,000 nuclear weapons and the arms race with the Soviet Union.
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Doomsday bombs
Only recently have the biggest of these weapons been declassified. Some exceeded the largest nuclear tests ever performed by the US. This book details the progression from fission to fusion weapons and outlines the current nuclear arsenals of countries that have these weapons.
