The button : the new nuclear arms race and presidential power from Truman to Trump

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The button : the new nuclear arms race and presidential power from Truman to Trump

Title remainder

the new nuclear arms race and presidential power from Truman to Trump

Statement of responsibility

William J. Perry and Tom Z. Collina

Creator

• Perry, William James, 1927-

Contributor

• Collina, Tom Z., 1966-

Author

• Collina, Tom Z., 1966-
• Perry, William James, 1927-

Subject

• Presidents -- United States -- History
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
• Arms race -- United States -- History
• War and emergency powers -- United States -- History
• United States -- Politics and government
• Nuclear arms control -- United States -- History
• Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States -- History

Language

eng

Summary

"William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration and Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering in the Carter administration, and Tom Z. Collina, Director of Policy at Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation in Washington, DC, reveal the shocking tales and sobering facts of nuclear executive authority throughout the atomic age, delivering a powerful condemnation against ever leaving explosive power this devastating under any one person's thumb"--

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355.02/170973

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography