Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World

The United States is the only country to have dropped the atomic bomb. Since the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, every US president has threatened nuclear war. This concise history shows how the U.S. has used nuclear weapons to bolster its imperial ambitions. Leading nuclear specialist and peace campaigner Joseph Gerson explains why atomic weapons were first built and used - and how the U.S. uses them today to preserve its global empire. Gerson reveals how and why the U.S. made more than twenty threats of nuclear attack during the Cold War - against Russia, China, Vietnam, and the Middle East. He shows how such theats continued under Presidents Bush and Clinton, and George W. Bush. The book concludes with an appeal for nuclear weapons abolition and an overview of the history of the anti-nuclear movement. Drawing from a wide range of sources, this fascinating and timely account shows how the U.S. has used nuclear weapons to dominate the world.

Author: Joseph Gerson
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.38w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780745324944

About the Author
Ann Rogers teaches International Relations and Media Studies at Royal Roads University, Canada. She is the author of Secrecy and Power in the British State (Pluto, 1997)._x000B__x000B_John Hill was formerly the China Watch editor for Janea (TM)s Intelligence Review, and has reported widely on security matters for a range of Janea (TM)s publications.

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