The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal: A History of Weapons and Delivery Systems Since 1945

by Norman Polmar and Robert S. Norris

The atomic bomb ended the war against Japan in 1945 and became the centerpiece of U.S. and Soviet military strategy for the next 45 years. In the late 1940s the debate over whether the atomic bomb was the ultimate arbitrator of international differences led to the infamous carrier-versus-B-36 controversy in American defense policy; American school children in the 1950s practiced duck and cover as we feared an atomic attack against American cities;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557506817
• ISBN13: 9781557506818
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 10.9"