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The new nuclear danger : George W. Bush's military-industrial complex

Title
The new nuclear danger : George W. Bush's military-industrial complex / Helen Caldicott.
Author
Caldicott, Helen.
Publication
New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2004.

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Description
l, 302 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
Caldicott reveals how arms dealers have generated their profits by exploiting and promoting America's current military crisis. Focusing on the Pentagon's resistance to nuclear disarmament, she details the Bush administration's debt to the arms industry, the military's use of America's renewed fear of terrorism, and the danger represented by the country's nuclear arsenal.
Subjects
Note
  • "With a new introduction on the situation in Iraq"--Cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-277) and index.
Contents
1. The tragedy of wasted opportunities -- 2. The reality of nuclear war -- 3. It's a mad, mad world : nuclear scientists and the Pentagon play with deadly gadgets -- 4. Corporate madness and the death merchants -- 5. Manhattan II -- 6. Star wars : the story of national missile defense systems - 7. Space : the next American empire -- 8. Nuclear war in the Gulf and Kosovo -- 9. The Lockheed Martin Presidency and the star wars administration.
Call Number
JFD 04-7997
ISBN
1565848780
OCLC
54831514
Author
Caldicott, Helen.
Title
The new nuclear danger : George W. Bush's military-industrial complex / Helen Caldicott.
Imprint
New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2004.
Edition
[2004 ed.].
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-277) and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 04-7997
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