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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Joseph Gerson , Walden BelloPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.511kg ISBN: 9780745324951ISBN 10: 0745324959 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 20 March 2007 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock ![]() Table of Contents"1. Deadly Connections: Empire and Nuclear Weapons 2. First Nuclear Terrorism - Hiroshima and Nagasaki 3. Post War Asia – Targeting Korea and China 4. The Cuban Missile Crisis - Prestige, Credibility, & Power. 5. Vietnam: Failures of Nuclear Diplomacy 6. The Middle East: Protecting ""The Prize 7. Nukes and the New World Order - What We Say Goes – Part I 8. 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' - What We Say Goes – Part II 9. Abolition or Annihilation Notes Bibliography Index"Reviews'As Americans, we need to face up to our own reliance on nuclear intimidation. This is an important book for Americans of all political stripes to read.' --Cynthia Enloe, author of The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire At a time when nuclear weapons are increasingly in the political spotlight, this book is essential reading ... Joseph Gerson has provided a work of the utmost importance: a key to understanding - and challenging - US global domination and its nuclear core. --Kate Hudson, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Brilliant. I have not read a more important book in many years. Gerson has uncovered the radioactive vein in our secret foreign policy. ... Gerson's work helps us understand why the likelihood of nuclear war is greater now than before the fall of the Berlin Wall. A terrific book. --Daniel Ellsberg, former senior Pentagon official and co-author of The Pentagon Papers 'As Americans, we need to face up to our own reliance on nuclear intimidation. This is an important book for Americans of all political stripes to read.' --Cynthia Enloe, author of The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire At a time when nuclear weapons are increasingly in the political spotlight, this book is essential reading ... Joseph Gerson has provided a work of the utmost importance: a key to understanding - and challenging - US global domination and its nuclear core. --Kate Hudson, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Brilliant. I have not read a more important book in many years. Gerson has uncovered the radioactive vein in our secret foreign policy. ... Gerson's work helps us understand why the likelihood of nuclear war is greater now than before the fall of the Berlin Wall. A terrific book. --Daniel Ellsberg, former senior Pentagon official and co-author of The Pentagon Papers Author InformationDr. Joseph Gerson has served the American Friends Service committee since 1976 and is currently Director of Programs and Director of the Peace and Economic Security Program for the AFSC in New England. He is the author of Empire and the Bomb (Pluto, 2007). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |