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020			_a9780195381368 (hbk) : _c27.95 USD
100	1		_aMUELLER John
245			_aAtomic obsession : _bnuclear alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda / _cJohn Mueller.
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2010
300			_axiii, 319 p.
520			_aDrawing on a variety of sources and taking the entire atomic era into consideration this book argues that there is no need for the pessimism which is normally associated with nuclear weapons. Also argues that there is very little likelihood of a state launching an offensive first strike with nuclear weapons, that the economic and technical costs of developing and maintaining "the deterrent" are ludicrous, and that the possiblity of terrorists obtaining such weapons is extremely small.
650			_aNUCLEAR WEAPONS
650			_aPROLIFERATION
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