This encyclopedic
book provides
comprehensive data
about Soviet and
Russian strategic
weapons, payloads,
and delivery systems
and on the nuclear
complex that supports
them. The data are
drawn from open,
primarily Russian
sources. All the
information is
presented
chronologically,
arranged by individual
systems and facilities,
and is not available
elsewhere in a single
volume. Read more...
Big Red: Three Months on Board a Trident Nuclear Submarine
By Douglas C. Waller
HarperCollins, (March 2001)
ISBN: 0060194847
Amazon.com Editorial Review:
Big Red might have been
subtitled The Anthropology
of a Submarine. On these
pages, Time magazine
correspondent Douglas C.
Waller--granted surprising
levels of access by the
Pentagon--describes life
onboard the USS Nebraska,
a Trident nuclear
submarine, in compelling
detail. Big Red lacks the
thrills of Blind Man's Bluff,
but it is nonetheless an
engrossing book on the
routines of the silent
service. Read more...
Saddam's Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq's Secret Weapon
By Khidhir Hamza
Touchstone Books, (October 2001)
ISBN: 0743211359
Amazon.com Editorial Review:
"I am lucky to be
alive," writes Khidhir
Hamza on the
opening page of this
memoir, which reads
like a thriller. Hamza
describes how he
helped Saddam
Hussein design a
nuclear bomb over the
course of 22 years.
He has an amazing
story to relate, and
with the help of
collaborator Jeff Stein,
he tells it remarkably
well. It begins with his
cloak-and-dagger
escape from Baghdad
in 1994, then goes
back in time to
describe the education
he received earlier in
the United States.
Hamza returned to his
native Iraq, and
Saddam seduced him
into accepting the
comfortable life of an
atomic scientist trying
to build a bomb for a
megalomaniac. Hamza
presents a terrifying,
almost psychotic
portrait of Hussein
himself. Read more...
20th Century Nevada Test Site: Atomic Bomb and Nuclear Weapons Test Documents
By World Spaceflight News
Progressive Management, (September 2001)
CD-ROM - 9511 pages; ISBN: 1893472914
Book Description:
This electronic book on
CD-ROM provides a
wealth of information on
the Nevada Test Site
(NTS) and its history of
atomic testing. Energy
Department documents
detail the history of the
site and the testing
program along with
information on
present-day activities
and programs at NTS.
Internal agency
documents disclose
plans for radiological
emergencies. Please see
the Table of Contents
link on this page for
more information.
This book-on-a-disc
makes a superb
reference work for
researchers, libraries,
schools, students, and
home reference! Read more...
