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The Effects of Nuclear Weapons
by Samuel Glasstone [Editor] with a Foreword by Robert McNamara
- Used
- Condition
- Very good in a tight binding with lightly soiled wraps and a few page creases.
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Defense, 1964. Second Edition. Softcover. Very good in a tight binding with lightly soiled wraps and a few page creases.. 8vo. 730 pp. Black and white illustrations. Index. Government Publication. Rear pocket holds plastic wheel calculator called Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer. Book includes diagrams, photos; Revised second edition of this landmark assessment dated February, 1964. No Jacket. Very Good in wraps.
This handbook was prepared by the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project of the Department of Defense in coordination with other government agencies and published by the United States Atomic Energy Commission and was a comprehensive summary of current knowledge on the effects of nuclear weapons. General wear and a light crease to first few pages tight binding. Black and white illustrations.A very good copy bound in stiff paper wraps.
Chapters include: General Principles of Nuclear Explosions; Descriptions of Nuclear Explosions; Air Blast Phenomena; Air Blast Loading and Target Response; Structural Damage from Air Blast; Effects of Surface and Subsurface Bursts; Thermal Radiation and its effects; Initial Nuclear Radiation; Residual Nuclear Radiation and Fallout; Radio and Radar Effects; Effects on Personnel; Principles of Protection ND figures.
This handbook was prepared by the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project of the Department of Defense in coordination with other government agencies and published by the United States Atomic Energy Commission and was a comprehensive summary of current knowledge on the effects of nuclear weapons. General wear and a light crease to first few pages tight binding. Black and white illustrations.A very good copy bound in stiff paper wraps.
Chapters include: General Principles of Nuclear Explosions; Descriptions of Nuclear Explosions; Air Blast Phenomena; Air Blast Loading and Target Response; Structural Damage from Air Blast; Effects of Surface and Subsurface Bursts; Thermal Radiation and its effects; Initial Nuclear Radiation; Residual Nuclear Radiation and Fallout; Radio and Radar Effects; Effects on Personnel; Principles of Protection ND figures.
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- 32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Effects of Nuclear Weapons
- Author
- Samuel Glasstone [Editor] with a Foreword by Robert McNamara
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in a tight binding with lightly soiled wraps and a few page creases.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- | | | American History, Cold War, Science and Technology, Defense
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From our stock of modern first editions to specialty volumes in addiction and recovery, art, architecture, creative non-fiction, New York City, history, university presses and theology [among many other subject areas], we are sure you will find something that will interest you or that wlll make a great gift for the book lover in your life. And we like to think that we are doing our part by finding new readers for previously loved and cared for books.
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