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Arkansas Military planning United States History 20th century Nuclear warfare Government policy United States History 20th century Nuclear weapons Accidents Nuclear weapons Government policy Nuclear weapons Government policy United States History 20th century Nuclear weapons Safety measures Titan (Missile) United States Weapons of mass destructionMontillo, Roseanne
Summary: "Explores the critical steps taken toward building a successful nuclear bomb and the female scientists who grappled with the destructive aftermath of their own creation, all while striving to be recognized for their work"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 MONEllsberg, Daniel
Summary: The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Senior Fellow and iconic whistleblower who revealed the Pentagon Papers presents an eyewitness expos©♭ of the dangers of America's secret, long-standing nuclear policy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 ELLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 355 ELLAmbinder, Marc
Summary: The incredible story of the 1983 war game that triggered a tense, brittle period of nuclear brinkmanship between the United States and the former Soviet Union.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 AMBThomas, Evan
Summary: Examines the White House years of Dwight Eisenhower and reveals the former president, often viewed as a doddering lightweight, as a brilliant, intellectual tactician who could be patient and ruthless, and generous and self-serving.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D THOPincus, Walter
Summary: The most important place in American nuclear history are the Marshall Islands--an idyllic Pacific paradise that served as the staging ground for over sixty US nuclear tests. It was here, from 1946 to 1958, that America perfected the weapon that preserved the peace of the post-war years. It was here--with the 1954 Castle Bravo test over Bikini Atoll--that America executed its largest nuclear...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.4 PINSummary: The film tells the story of a 1980 accident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas, in minute-by-minute detail through the accounts of Air Force personnel, weapon designers, and first responders who were there, revealing the incredible chain of events that brought America to the brink of nuclear disaster.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017