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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"nuclear war"”.
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The political utility of nuclear weapons in nuclear war termination
… with a discussion of the theoretical aspects of nuclear war termination. Specifically, the objective of war termination, the requirements necessary to meet that objective, and the unclassified guidance available on war termination. As a more practical matter, the Soviet view of war termination is …
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The most dangerous game : a phenomenological criticism of the rhetoric of nuclear war, 1945-1981.
… policy rhetors in the specific instance of nuclear diplomacy rhetoric. This group of speeches is argued to be particularly rich in such appeals for two primary reasons. First, the nature of nuclear conflict is such that Presidents will seek acceptance of their policies without meaningful …
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Flickering lights on the eve of destruction: Technology and being in the nuclear war film
… and technology in select films which touch on nuclear war. Although nuclear war has been treated in films since at least 1951, few authors have attempted to explore the meaning, technique, aesthetic and thematics of this body of film. Chapter One explores the problems of discourse in social …
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The Civil Defence Debate in Britain 1957-1983. An account and critical analysis of the major issues in the debate about civil defence against nuclear attack
… assesses the value of civil defence against nuclear attack and investigates other issues of concern to those involved in the debate. The thesis is divided into three parts. Part one deals with the course of the debate, the issues raised and the methods used to propogate them. The role of …
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The originals
… depicts a parallel between the paranoia of nuclear war and the codification of urban youth faced with squalor and a sense of hopelessness for the future. The novel attempts to create a locus between the "flashbulb memory" of Samantha Smith, political anxieties of the 1980's, and its effects …
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Is nuclear deterrence rational?
… I give a brief history of the concept of "nuclear deterrence." Next I discuss ways of approaching the subject that conform to popular views. I reject the Scripture's "an eye for an eye" principle as a basis for nuclear strategy decisions and claim that a utilitarian model is acceptable. In …
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United States Deterrance Policy in the 1960's: Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Publicly Speak Out
… relied mainly on the retaining of a strategic nuclear force capable of surviving a nuclear attack with enough counter force to destroy the aggressor. During that decade members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also stressed that conventional non-nuclear war was more likely to come about than …
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Something Like Human
… which the remnants of post-climate change post-nuclear war humanity have relocated to colonies on the Galapagos Islands. The novel follows the young daughter of a metalworker, Kyra Krikorian, as she befriends a squid boy, who she names OctoBoy. Concurrently, the novel explores her adulthood and …
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Hot Culture, Cold Halls: Narrating History and Healing at Sites of Trauma
… in the 21<sup>st</sup> century (bioterrorism, nuclear war, government upheaval, and the like), and at a time when most of the world’s citizens are desensitized to extreme forms of violence, it is necessary for museum professionals to undertake the mission of bringing order out of such chaos to …
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Ike's Last War: Making War Safe for Society
<p>This thesis analyzes how Eisenhower defined war and its utility in his New Look defense policy and the ramifications for America’s interactions with the world through its foreign policy. It argues that Eisenhower redefined the relationship between war and society as he executed his grand …
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Soviet Naval Doctrine: Continuity and Change
… revolution in military affairs that incorporated nuclear energy and nuclear missile technology into Soviet naval force structure further emphasized the offensive nature of Soviet naval doctrine. In the 1960's after adjusting to the changes brought by adaptation to the revolution in military …
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The double edged sword : the role of nuclear weapons in South Asia
This thesis exammes the consequences of nuclear proliferation on South Asia, specifically whether India and Pakistan are moving towards a stable nuclear balance. The thesis uses comparative case study methods to examine the role of nuclear weapons in crises and the lessons learnt from those crises. …
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The double edged sword : the role of nuclear weapons in South Asia
This thesis exammes the consequences of nuclear proliferation on South Asia, specifically whether India and Pakistan are moving towards a stable nuclear balance. The thesis uses comparative case study methods to examine the role of nuclear weapons in crises and the lessons learnt from those crises. …
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Protest Space: A Study of Technology Choice, Perception of Risk, and Space Exploration
… exploration of Mars that will rely heavily on nuclear technologies. NASA has an established nuclear technology program that recently became the focus of public protest over the risk from the technologies. Focusing on the Cassini mission to Saturn, the citizens protesting the mission claimed …
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Conventional Precision-Guided Hypersonic Weapons: An Unconventional Threat to Strategic Stability?
… weapons will increase the likelihood of nuclear war and incentivize nuclear arms racing. Two issues have prompted analysts to make this provocative prediction. One is that the United States' efforts to develop highly accurate, conventional hypersonic boost-glide weapons (HBGWs) may …
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Anglicanism, anti-communism and Cold War Australia
… communist nations was necessary to circumvent nuclear war. It will be demonstrated that the hierarchy of the Anglican Church in Australia, and that of some laity, did not support this understanding. The thesis also traces, through church papers and observations of clergy, the increasingly close …
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U.S. nuclear power plants as terrorist targets : threat perception and the media
In recent history, nuclear engineers and the nuclear power industry have been primarily concerned with two things: safety and waste. In the past few years, a third concern has risen to join these two at the top: terrorism. This change occurred on September 11, 2001. Americans now realize that …
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Nuisance to nemesis: nuclear fallout and intelligence as secrets, problems, and limitations on the arms race, 1940-1964
Fallout sampling and other nuclear intelligence techniques were the most important sources of United States strategic intelligence in the early Cold War. Operated as the Atomic Energy Detection System by a covert Air Force unit known as AFOAT-1, the AEDS detected emissions and analyzed fallout from …
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Organization types and their business activities on the Internet
… the United States in 1960s for protecting from nuclear war with Russia originally. With development of the information technology, more and more people enjoy going on the Internet, which is no longer privilege specifically for academic, government, and research communities. There are potentially …
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Willing and Unable: Civil Defence and Biopolitics in Post-War Toronto, 1948-1951
… program during the early stages of the Cold War. Developed in response to the shocking creation of nuclear weapons, civil defence was designed to ensure the survival and safety of local communities in the event of a nuclear war. Toronto’s conservative political elite championed the program, …
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