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- catalog abstract ""A book that ... addresses the singlemost important issue of modern times, 'Danger and Survival' is the most comprehensive political history of the nuclear bomb ever written, a major work encompassing the events from the discover of fission in 1938 to the superpower summitry of 1988 ... Beginning with Franklin Roosevelt's lonely decision that the United States must be first in the field and ending with hopeful judgement that our chance of avoiding nuclear catastrophe is better now ... Bundy gives particular attention to the most dangerous confrontations ... Kurshchev's challenges in Berlin and the Cuban Missile crisis. As John F. Kennedy's assistant for national security, he was intensely engaged in both crises ... He reveals new facts ... In addition ... 'Danger and Survival' closely examines those of other states: the forces that have brought nuclear arsenals to Britain, France, China, and Israel ... We gain new understanding of the motives of Charles de Gaulle, Mao Zedong, and David Ben Gurion ... Has it [the bomb] increased their international power and prestige? Have the Japanese and West Germans suffered politically because they lack the bomb? These are among the questions Bundy explores ... After reviewing the absence of great crices in recent years ... Bundy concludes that this fifty-year history gives reason to believe that with courage and prudence we can continue to reduce nuclear danger, step by step ..."".
- catalog contributor b2222812.
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 1933-1945.".
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 1945-".
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations 1945-1989.".
- catalog coverage "United States Military policy.".
- catalog coverage "United States New York New York.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1933-1945.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1945-".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1945-1989.".
- catalog created "1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1988.".
- catalog description ""A book that ... addresses the singlemost important issue of modern times, 'Danger and Survival' is the most comprehensive political history of the nuclear bomb ever written, a major work encompassing the events from the discover of fission in 1938 to the superpower summitry of 1988 ... Beginning with Franklin Roosevelt's lonely decision that the United States must be first in the field and ending with hopeful judgement that our chance of avoiding nuclear catastrophe is better now ... Bundy gives particular attention to the most dangerous confrontations ... Kurshchev's challenges in Berlin and the Cuban Missile crisis. As John F. Kennedy's assistant for national security, he was intensely engaged in both crises ... He reveals new facts ... In addition ... 'Danger and Survival' closely examines those of other states: the forces that have brought nuclear arsenals to Britain, France, China, and Israel ... We gain new understanding of the motives of Charles de Gaulle, Mao Zedong, and David Ben Gurion ... Has it [the bomb] increased their international power and prestige? Have the Japanese and West Germans suffered politically because they lack the bomb? These are among the questions Bundy explores ... After reviewing the absence of great crices in recent years ... Bundy concludes that this fifty-year history gives reason to believe that with courage and prudence we can continue to reduce nuclear danger, step by step ..."".
- catalog description "How the Americans Went First -- The Decision to Drop Bombs on Japan -- The Americans and Their Wartime Allies -- The Failure of International Control -- To Have Thermonuclear Weapons and Other Truman Choices -- Eisenhower: Theory and Practice -- Into the Missile Age -- Khrushchev, Berlin, and the West -- Cuban Missile Crisis -- Beyond the Big Two -- Called Bluffs -- Debating the Danger -- Lessons and Hopes --".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 735 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Danger and survival.".
- catalog identifier "0394522788 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Danger and survival.".
- catalog isPartOf "Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School bak".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "1988.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, NY : Random House,".
- catalog relation "Danger and survival.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 1933-1945.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 1945-".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations 1945-1989.".
- catalog spatial "United States Military policy.".
- catalog spatial "United States New York New York.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1933-1945.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1945-".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1945-1989.".
- catalog subject "327.1/1 19".
- catalog subject "Arms race History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Nuclear warfare.".
- catalog subject "UA23 .B786 1988".
- catalog tableOfContents "How the Americans Went First -- The Decision to Drop Bombs on Japan -- The Americans and Their Wartime Allies -- The Failure of International Control -- To Have Thermonuclear Weapons and Other Truman Choices -- Eisenhower: Theory and Practice -- Into the Missile Age -- Khrushchev, Berlin, and the West -- Cuban Missile Crisis -- Beyond the Big Two -- Called Bluffs -- Debating the Danger -- Lessons and Hopes --".
- catalog title "Danger and survival / McGeorge Bundy.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".