TY  - BOOK
AU  - Perry,William James
AU  - Collina,Tom Z.
TI  - The button: the new nuclear arms race and presidential power from Truman to Trump 
SN  - 1948836998
AV  - U264.3 P477 2020
U1  - 355.02/170973 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Dallas, TX
PB  - BenBella Books, Inc.
KW  - Arms race
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Nuclear arms control
KW  - Nuclear weapons
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Presidents
KW  - War and emergency powers
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index; Preface : "Your shot, Mr. President" -- The president's weapons -- Bolt from the blue -- Blundering into nuclear war -- Hacking the bomb -- No first use -- How not to spend $2 trillion -- Welcome to the new arms race -- The missile defense delusion -- Whydo we still have the bomb? -- The atomic Titanic
N2  - "William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration and Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering in the Carter administration, and Tom Z. Collina, Director of Policy at Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation in Washington, DC, reveal the shocking tales and sobering facts of nuclear executive authority throughout the atomic age, delivering a powerful condemnation against ever leaving explosive power this devastating under any one person's thumb"--
ER  -