Drawing on recently declassified material, Hansen presents the first detailed technological history of the development of American nuclear and thermonuclear weapons. More than 330 black-and-white photographs document the design and development of this complex and controversial technology.
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Drawing on recently declassified material, Hansen presents the first detailed technological history of the development of American nuclear and thermonuclear weapons. More than 330 black-and-white photographs document the design and development of this complex and controversial technology.
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Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with just minor edgewear, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Excellent binding with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 2.9 lbs; Blue dust jacket with nuclear explosion & title in white lettering; 1988, Orion Books Publishing; 232 pages; "US Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History, " by Chuck Hansen.
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Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Excellent binding with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 2.9 lbs; Blue dust jacket with nuclear explosion & title in white lettering; 1988, Orion Books Publishing; 232 pages; "US Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History, " by Chuck Hansen.
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Fine- in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 232 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "This encyclopedic work breaks through the wall of secrecy and presents for the first time historical and technical data for every warhead built by the U.S. since 1945. The most comprehensive technical history ever written about the postwar development of American nuclear weapons." FINE-HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0517567407. 232 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and some colour plates. "This encyclopedic work presents for the first time historical and technical data for every nuclear warhead built by the U.S. since 1945. The most comprehensive technical history ever written about the postwar development of American nuclear weapons, this book includes explantions of fission and fusion weapon physics; significant postwar technological advancements in atomic warheads; and commonly-used warhead arming and fuzing equipment and techniques."-from dust jacket. "Extensive footnotes in each chapter cite specific sources for many of the points discussed"-from Preface. Book clean and bright with light wear. Prior owner's large signature atop front free endpaper and reverse of back free endpaper. Dust jacket, now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart, bears three fine scratches to front panel and a short closed tear to bottom of back panel. A quality copy of this fascinating work.; 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall; NUCLEAR WEAPONS UNITED STATES DEFENSES Nukes Development Atomic Development History Physics Fission Weapons Thermonuclear Types Delivery Systems Arming Fuzing Techniques Equipment Hydrogen Bomb Fusion.
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Good in Good jacket. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. 232 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Maps. Diagrams. Notes. Tabular Data. Index. Most pages are in a two column format. Distributed by Orion Books, a Division of Crown Publishers. DJ worn, soiled and has staining, inside and out. Boards and text to not appear impacted. Some corner bumping. Includes Preface, Foreword, A Note About Sources. Acknowledgments. Weapon Physics. Postwar U.S. Fission Weapons Development. Thermonuclear Weapons Development, 1942-1982. Weapons Types: Development & Delivery Systems. Arming & Fuzing: Techniques & Equipment. Chuck Hansen (May 13, 1947-March 26, 2003) was the compiler, over a period of 30 years, of the world's largest private collection of unclassified documents on how America developed atomic and thermonuclear weapons. Hansen's documents were obtained through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act and since his death have been housed at the National Security Archive at George Washington University. In 1988, Hansen wrote the book U.S. Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History, which, along with great detail about the process of developing, testing and administering atomic weapons was critical of the U.S. Defense Department, the Atomic Energy Commission, and some other government agencies. In the book Hansen reported that the early years of nuclear testing were less successful than claimed; bombs failed, or yielded smaller or larger explosions than anticipated or announced, and attempts to develop a radioactivity-free bomb were unsuccessful. "This encyclopedic work presents for the first time historical and technical data for every nuclear warhead built by the U.S. since 1945. The most comprehensive technical history ever written about the postwar development of American nuclear weapons, this book includes explanations of fission and fusion weapon physics; significant postwar technological advancements in atomic warheads; and commonly-used warhead arming and fuzing equipment and techniques."-from dust jacket. "Extensive footnotes in each chapter cite specific sources for many of the points discussed"-from Preface "Chuck's research was my single most important source for DARK SUN. No one else has assembled such an outstanding collection of declassified documents. No one else knows how to work the declassification system to update and upgrade such a collection. Chuck is a unique source and resource"--Richard Rhodes, author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb and Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb. "There's a lot more there than I ever knew"--Dr. Herbert York, ex-director of the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, CA.
This has got to be the ultimate compliation of knowledge regarding the early US nuclear program. Full of photos and solid references this is wihout a doubt a must read for anyone who is interested in nuclear devices and the cold war nuclear test program. This book is highly recommended!