Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear Weapons
Author: A. J. C. Edwards
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1986-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780887061851

This is a clear, non-technical and comprehensive study of nuclear strategy and the balance of power. The book is intended for both supporters and opponents of nuclear deterrence--indeed for all who believe that nuclear issues cannot be wished away or laid aside but must be addressed with knowledge, even if this means thinking about the unthinkable. Within a coherent system of thought, this volume addresses the most fundamental issues of our time, such as the first-strike advantage, arms-control agreements, the Star Wars program, the "nuclear winter" hypothesis, and nuclear conflict itself. The book is packed with valuable factual information, including notes, diagrams, illustrations, and appendices.

The Time of the Force Majeure

The Time of the Force Majeure
Author: Helen Mayer Harrison
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Earthworks (Art)
ISBN: 9783791355498

This book offers a 21st-century manifesto from the pioneers of the eco-art movement. Since the 1970s Helen and Newton Harrison have been creating art inspired by the earth. They established a worldwide network among biologists, ecologists, architects, urban planners, politicians, and other artists to initiate collaborative dialogues about ideas and solutions which support biodiversity and community development. This definitive survey traces an influential joint career that has lasted nearly half a century. Organized chronologically, it features works from each decade, from their earliest installations to their continent-traversing work of the 1990s; and their most recent works both educating people about global warming and designing large scale responses to the phenomena itself.

No Heroes

No Heroes
Author: Danny O. Coulson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 660
Release: 2001
Genre: Secret service
ISBN: 0671020625

Cataloging some of the most notorious criminal events of the last 30 years, Coulson, the creator of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, provides firsthand accounts and reflective personal opinions of his experiences in bringing hundreds of murderous extremists and killers to justice--from the Black Liberation Army to the sieges at Ruby Ridge and Waco.

Briefing on Counterforce Attacks

Briefing on Counterforce Attacks
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Law, and Organization
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1975
Genre: Air defenses
ISBN:

Debating Counterforce

Debating Counterforce
Author: Charles-Philippe David
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2019-04-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 042971274X

Since the U.S. presidential elections of 1980, debate has intensified between those who believe that nuclear weapons can only deter a war not intended to be fought and those who see nuclear weapons as an advancement in weaponry that allows for the waging and winning of a nuclear war. At the focal point of this debate is the rise of the “counterforc

The Just War

The Just War
Author: Paul Ramsey
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2002
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780742522329

With a new foreword by noted theologian and ethicist Stanley Hauerwas, this classic text on war and the ethics of modern statecraft written at the height of the Vietnam era in 1968 speaks to a new generation of readers. Characterized by a sophisticated yet back-to-basics approach, The Just War begins with the assumption that force is a fact in political life which must either be reckoned with or succumbed to. It then grapples with modern challenges to traditional moral principles of "just conduct" in war, the "morality of deterrence," and a "just war theory of statecraft."

Production at the leading edge of technology

Production at the leading edge of technology
Author: Bernd-Arno Behrens
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2020-09-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 366262138X

This congress proceedings provides recent research on leading-edge manufacturing processes. The aim of this scientific congress is to work out diverse individual solutions of "production in the border area" and transferable methodological approaches. In addition, guest speakers with different backgrounds will give the congress participants food for thoughts, interpretations, views and suggestions. The manufacturing industry is currently undergoing a profound structural change, which on the one hand produces innovative solutions through the use of high-performance communication and information technology, and on the other hand is driven by new requirements for goods, especially in the mobility and energy sector. With the social discourse on how we should live and act primarily according to guidelines of sustainability, structural change is gaining increasing dynamic. It is essential to translate politically specified sustainability goals into socially accepted and marketable technical solutions. Production research is meeting this challenge and will make important contributions and provide innovative solutions from different perspectives.