This is a devastatingly graphic text. It begins with the Hiroshima hell, then charts the horrors of nuclear contamination and accident, the terrorist threat, and nuclear wars that almost happened. Geoff Simons then describes the earth-shaking nuclear-weapons crises across the globe, focusing on such dramatic and timely issues as the North Korean atomic bomb, Iran's nuclear ambitions, the India-Pakistan nuclear stand-off, British plans to update the Trident deterrent, and the US development of a new range of nuclear 'bunker busters'. This book, the first to address all the current global nuclear disputes, has been written to have maximum impact and a wide readership. It is equally suitable for college adoptions and the general public. With a dramatic cover - this text will have substantial commercial appeal, equally at home in university courses and high street retailers. Themes are set in their historical context. Military coups d'etat and atomic sabre-rattling; law and the United Nations; the hypocrisies and ploys of powerful states; and, the efforts of the peace movement - all are covered with full documentation and brisk authority.
