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What Are Nuclear Weapons For?
Dr Patricia Shamai traces the history of nuclear weapons from their first use in 1945 through the Cold War to the ominous nuclear landscape today. She shows how they have been a deterrent by raising the stakes of war and thereby reducing the chances of conflict, but this depends on the world’s reaction and ongoing vigilance.
184 pages, Paperback
Published November 25, 2025
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August 24, 2026
“Advanced nuclear weapons represent the ultimate embodiment of power — they have become fetish objects of force.”
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A good primer, but I think the book’s short length limits it’s ability to be anything more than surface level, as the topics discussed inherently have a lot of nuance/complexity/history that I wish had been given further consideration
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A good primer, but I think the book’s short length limits it’s ability to be anything more than surface level, as the topics discussed inherently have a lot of nuance/complexity/history that I wish had been given further consideration
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