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Very good. [4], 176 pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Appendices. Glossary. Index. William Lambers is an author, journalist, and historian. His writings have been published by the New York Times, History News Network, Newsweek, Chicago Sun Times, Miami Herald, Cincinnati Enquirer, Buffalo News, HuffPost, Des Moines Register, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Washington Post, The Boston Globe, San Diego Union-Tribune, the Boston Herald, and other news outlets. His writings on nuclear weapons have been published in Spectrum, the flagship publication of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization. His books include Nuclear Weapons, The Road to Peace: From the Disarming of the Great Lakes to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Open Skies for Peace, From War to Peace and the Battle of Britain. He is also a writer for Blogcritics and the History News Service. Mr. Lambers is a graduate of Mount St. Joseph University in Ohio with degrees in Liberal Arts (BA) and Organizational Leadership (MS). Lambers was named a Future Five Award Winner at the Mount St. Joseph University Jubilee in 2015. This concise book traces the history of nuclear weapons from the advent of the atomic bomb during World War II, through the Cold War and into the 21st century. You will read about the nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States, the proliferation of nuclear weapons to nations such as China, India and Pakistan, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, nuclear terrorism, and missile defense. Included in this edition are reproductions of government documents such as "The Effects of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." In addition there are reproductions of documents related to nuclear test ban negotiations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. Photographs are also included in this edition. This book examines efforts to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes as proposed by President Dwight Eisenhower in his "Atoms for Peace" speech.
