About the Book

“Younger has provided an insightful guide, especially for the general reader, into today’s array of nuclear powers and their capabilities.”
—James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Energy, former

    Director of Central Intelligence

In The Bomb, Stephen Younger, former Los Alamos weapons designer and author of Endangered Species, provides a new history of the making of nuclear policy and the creation of the most terrible weapons humankind has ever possessed. In an era when rogue nations like North Korean and Iran strive to create their own precarious weapons programs, Younger’s The Bomb provides much-needed background and insight for students, policy makers, and readers who wish to better understand the important issues involving nuclear weapons and national security.

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780061537202
• ISBN 10: 0061537209
• Imprint: Ecco
• On Sale: 01/05/2010
• Pages: 256
• List Price:22.00 CAD
• BISAC1 : TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science
• BISAC2 : POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General
• BISAC3 : HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century
• BISAC4 : POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control

Stephen M. Younger PhD

Biography

Stephen M. Younger is a senior policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He recently retired as a senior fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he was in charge of nuclear weapons research and development. From 2001 to 2004, he was director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency at the U.S. Department of Defense. He lives in Las Vegas.

Other Works by Stephen M. Younger PhD

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  The Bomb

  By Stephen M. Younger PhD

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  Endangered Species

  By Stephen M. Younger PhD