Atomic Audit: Costs and Consequences of U.S.Nuclear Weapons Since 1940

by StephenI.Schwartz (Author)

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  Paperback
  1998

  $35.95

  Since 1945, the United States has manufactured and deployed more than 70,000 nuclear weapons to deter and if necessary fight a nuclear war. Some observers believe the absence of a third world war confirms that these weapons were a prudent and cost-effective response to the uncertainty and fear surrounding the Soviet Union's military and political ambitions during the cold war.