Nuclear weapons and nonproliferation : a reference handbook /

New titles in the Contemporary World Issues series address two important and related topics by providing background, chronologies, biographies, documents, and lists of organizations and resources.

A revision of the 2002 edition, this guide offers six up-to-date, objectively composed chapters. Diehl (A Handbook of Nuclear Weapons) and Moltz (Preventing Nuclear Meltdown) provide a conscientious subject history, a record of past U.S. involvement, an overview of ethical debates, a chronological survey of events, relevant biographical sketches, and lucid definitions of nuclear technologies. Two concluding chapters provide an exhaustive list of international, federal, and nongovernmental nonproliferation organizations. An essential one-stop resource on a timely subject; recommended for political science collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.