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2019.
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Cuba and the United States are in talks to normalize relations, something the old guard on the Communist-controlled island has vowed to stop—by any means necessary. Zayda de la Guardia, a rogue general in the Cuban security services, has gotten his hands on a nuclear weapon left over from the Cold War. He plans to launch it on Miami, an attack that could kill millions. There’s just one thing standing in his way: special agent Jericho Quinn and...
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An eminent Iranian scientist has made a startling breakthrough in nuclear weapons research, but he can't stand the thought of his regime owning the bomb. He would run if he could, but if he does, his family dies. He is desperate; he doesn't know what to do. It is up to Sean Dillon and the rest of the small band known as the "Prime Minister's private army" to think of a plan. Most particularly, it is up to their newest member, an intelligence captain...
5) Brute force
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Jericho Quinn novels volume 6
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2016.
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"In the aftermath of a devastating biological attack, America stands on the brink of disaster. The President of the United States is controlled by terrorists. The Vice President, global mastermind Lee McKeon, is plotting his next move. And special agent Jericho Quinn is running for his life. Desperate to clear his name--and expose the conspirators in the White House--Quinn must race against time before McKeon can execute his evil plan. It begins with...
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2010
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"In May 1998, India and Pakistan put to rest years of speculation about whether they possessed nuclear technology and openly tested their weapons. Some believed nuclearization would stabilize South Asia; others prophesized disaster. Authors of two of the most comprehensive books on South Asia's new nuclear era, Sumit Ganguly and S. Paul Kapur, offer competing theories on the transformation of the region and what these patterns mean for the world's...
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2015.
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"Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the atomic bomb is still the biggest threat that faces us in the 21st century. As Bill Clinton's first secretary of defence, Les Aspin, aptly put it: 'The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is no more. But the post-Cold War world is decidedly not post-nuclear'. For all the effort to reduce nuclear stockpiles to zero, it seems that the bomb is here to stay. This Very Short Introduction...
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[2017]
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"The definitive book on Obama's historic nuclear deal with Iran from the author of the Foreign Affairs Best Book on the Middle East in 2012. This timely book focuses on President Obama's deeply considered strategy toward Iran's nuclear program and reveals how the historic agreement of 2015 broke the persistent stalemate in negotiations that had blocked earlier efforts. The deal accomplished two major feats in one stroke: it averted the threat of war...
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2018.
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"The justification for the atomic bomb was simple: it would defeat Hitler and end the Second World War faster, saving lives. The reality was different. [This book] dismantles the conventional story of why the atom bomb was built. Peter Watson has found new documents showing that long before the Allied bomb was operational, it was clear that Germany had no atomic weapons of its own and was not likely to. The British knew this, but didn't share their...
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[2022]
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When the United States became the first country to use an atomic weapon when it dropped the atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. Not long after, other countries began developing atomic bombs. Today, nuclear power is used as an energy source, but the threat of nuclear warfare lingers. How the Bomb Changed Everything explores the complicated legacy of the first atomic bombs.
14) Saddam's bombmaker: the terrifying inside story of the Iraqi nuclear and biological weapons agenda
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c2000
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Dr. Khidhir Hamza explains how Saddam Hussein created nuclear and biological weapons and discusses how he plans to use them.
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2019.
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"The never-before-told inside story of how Israel stopped Syria from becoming a global nuclear nightmare--and its far-reaching implications On September 6, 2007, shortly after midnight, Israeli fighters advanced on Deir ez-Zour in Syria. Israel often flew into Syria as a warning to President Bashar al-Assad. But this time, there was no warning and no explanation. This was a covert operation, with one goal: to destroy a nuclear reactor being built...
17) Iranium
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c2011
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"Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the Iranian regime has been following the principles installed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran's citizens and the West have been held hostage as the Iranian leadership attempts to spread the revolution beyond Iran's borders. Now, the world's largest state-sponsor of terror and a brutal violator of human rights stands on the threshold of acquiring nuclear weapons. Utilizing rare footage, archived news reports,...
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[2006]
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A team of U.S. Navy SEALs is given a mission to destroy a North Korean missle site in order to avoid a possible nuclear strike. The mission is quickly aborted, leaving the four soldiers in enemy territory. In order for the four to survive, they must defeat the North Korean forces that threaten their lives, their allies and the entire free world.
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c2012
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Explore the inside story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, when the world teetered on the brink of nuclear holocaust. In the first major feature documentary on the subject, the film brings to life the three central characters; Kennedy, Castro and Khrushchev, and explores how the world's most powerful men fell into an abyss of their own making and outlines the courage and luck it took to climb out again. DVD format.