March to Armageddon: The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race, 1939 to the Present

Ronald E. Powaski offers the first complete, accessible history of the events, forces, and factors that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. Topics range from the Manhattan Project, the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima, and the debate over whether to share atomic information, to the effect of nuclear weapons on U.S. military and foreign policy, and the role of these weapons in arms control negotiations during the last five presidential administrations.