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  • The Evolution Of U.s. Army Nuclear Doctrine, 1945-1980

    by John P Rose ...
    The development of U.S. Army nuclear doctrine—policies, plans, procedures, tactics, and techniques—since World War II, its impact on Army forces, and its role in future wars is the subject of this policy-oriented analysis. The definition of Army nuclear doctrine advanced by the author clearly implies a distinction between policy for the employment of nuclear weapons as determined by the president ... Read more

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    Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

    by Daniel Ellsberg ...
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  • Battleground Atlantic

    How the Sinking of a Single Japanese Submarine Assured the Outcome of WW II

    by Richard N. Billings ...
    The true story of a German-Japanese scheme to turn much of America into a radioactive wasteland.In the early hours of June 24, 1944, U.S. Navy warplanes patrolling the Atlantic attacked a Japanese submarine known as the I-52. But this was more than the sinking of one more enemy warship. It was an event of enormous strategic importance. For the I-52’s mission was to return to Japan with the lethal ... Read more

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  • The Day the World Went Nuclear

    Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific

    by Bill O'Reilly ...
    Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe, but in the Pacific, American soldiers face an enemy who will not surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll. Meanwhile, in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. Newly inaugurated president Harry Truman faces the most important political ... Read more

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  • Pearl Harbor

    The Verdict of History

    by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon ...
    The New York Times–bestselling authors of Miracle at Midway delve into the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII in "a superb work of history" ( Albuquerque Journal Magazine).In the predawn hours of December 7, 1941, a Japanese carrier group sailed toward Hawaii. A few minutes before 8:00 a.m., they received the order to rain death on the American base at Pearl Harbor, sinking dozens of ... Read more

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  • Blackett's War

    The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare

    by Stephen Budiansky ...
    A Washington Post Notable BookIn March 1941, after a year of devastating U-boat attacks, the British War Cabinet turned to an intensely private, bohemian physicist named Patrick Blackett to turn the tide of the naval campaign. Though he is little remembered today, Blackett did as much as anyone to defeat Nazi Germany, by revolutionizing the Allied anti-submarine effort through the disciplined, ... Read more

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  • Who Can Hold the Sea

    The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960

    by James D. Hornfischer ...
    **A close-up, action-filled account of the crucial role the U.S. Navy played in the early years of the Cold War, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fleet at Flood Tide and The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors“A lucid, fast-moving and fitting finale to [Hornfischer’s] career.”—The Wall Street Journal**A landmark chronicle of the U.S. Navy in the Cold War, Who Can Hold the Sea ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • Choices Under Fire

    Moral Dimensions of World War II

    by Michael Bess ...
    World War II was the quintessential “good war.” It was not, however, a conflict free of moral ambiguity, painful dilemmas, and unavoidable compromises. Was the bombing of civilian populations in Germany and Japan justified? Were the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes trials legally scrupulous? What is the legacy bequeathed to the world by Hiroshima? With wisdom and clarity, Michael Bess brings a fresh ... Read more

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  • The Bomb

    A New History

    by Steven M. Younger ...
    A former Los Alamos weapons designer shares "an indispensable guide to the science and strategy of nuclear weapons" ( Booklist).From his years at Los Alamos and the Nevada Test Site to his meetings with nuclear arms experts in Moscow, former weapons designer Stephen M. Younger has witnessed firsthand the making of nuclear policy. With a deep understanding of both the technology and the politics ... Read more

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  • Prompt and Utter Destruction, Third Edition

    Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan

    by J. Samuel Walker ...
    In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman’s most controversial decision. Delineating what was known and not known by American leaders at the time, Walker evaluates the options available for ending the war with Japan. In this new edition, Walker incorporates a decade of new research — mostly from ... Read more

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  • Cold War Submarines

    by Norman Polmar; K. J. Moore ...
    Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Their crews carried out intelligence-collection operations, sought out and stood ready to destroy opposing submarines, and, from the early 1960s, threatened missile attacks on their adversaryÆs homeland, providing in many respects the most survivable nuclear deterrent of the Cold War. For both East and ... Read more

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  • Nuclear Dawn

    The Atomic Bomb, from the Manhattan Project to the Cold War

    by James P. Delgado ...
    At once fascinating and horrific, this book details the conception, development and impact of the atomic bombs infamously dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.The obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 brought the world to a stand still. This unimaginable shock confirmed to the world that the race to develop a working atomic weapon during World War II had been won by ... Read more

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