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_aPerry, William James, _d1927- |
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_aThe button : _bthe new nuclear arms race and presidential power from Truman to Trump / _cWilliam J. Perry and Tom Z. Collina. |
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_aDallas, TX : _bBenBella Books, Inc., _c[2020] |
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_axxiii, 256 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aPreface : "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. | |
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_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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_aArms race _zUnited States _xHistory. |
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_aNuclear arms control _zUnited States _xHistory. |
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_aNuclear weapons _xGovernment policy _zUnited States _xHistory. |
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_aPresidents _zUnited States _xHistory. |
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_aWar and emergency powers _zUnited States _xHistory. |
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_aUnited States _xForeign relations _y20th century. |
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_aUnited States _xForeign relations _y21st century. |
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_aUnited States _xPolitics and government. |
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_aCollina, Tom Z., _d1966- |
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_aPerry, William James, 1927- _tButton _dDallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2020] _z9781950665181 _w(DLC) 2019059815. |
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