Nuclear weapons databook. Volume V: British, French, and Chinese nuclear weapons
How insecurity and the search military independence drove post World War II nuclear proliferation beyond the United States and the Soviet Union is the subject of the latest and most voluminous title in the Natural Resources Defense Council`s highly acclaimed Nuclear Weapons Databook series. Volume 5 explains how atomic and thermonuclear weapons spread to Britain, France, and China despite the political turmoil and economic hardship that beset these countries. The history of the British nuclear weapons program includes the most comprehensive collection of photos and specifications of British warheads and nuclear tests ever assembled in one publication. The role of the United States in the French nuclear weapons program is discussed. This is a comprehensive source for the mechanics and politics of nuclear weapons proliferation.
- OSTI ID:
- 44938
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: From review by Chuck Hansen, in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 50, No. 4 (Jul-Aug 1994); PBD: 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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