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  • Interfaith Activism

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    Abraham Joshua Heschel was the towering religious figure of American Jewry in the twentieth century. In Interfaith Activism, Harold Kasimow, who is known for his work on Heschel and on interfaith dialogue between Jews and members of other faiths, presents a selection of his essays on Heschel's thought. Topics include Heschel's perspective on the different religious traditions, Heschel's three ... Leer más

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  • To Kill Nations

    American Strategy in the Air-Atomic Age and the Rise of Mutually Assured Destruction

    de Edward Kaplan ...
    "Edward Kaplan's To Kill Nations is a fascinating work that packs a thermonuclear punch of ideas and arguments... The work is suitable for anyone from advanced undergraduates to experts in the field."â• Strategy BridgeIn To Kill Nations, Edward Kaplan traces the evolution of American strategic airpower and preparation for nuclear war from this early air-atomic era to a later period (1950–1965) in ... Leer más

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  • The End of Victory

    Prevailing in the Thermonuclear Age

    de Edward Kaplan ...
    The End of Victory recounts the costs of failure in nuclear war through the work of the most secret deliberative body of the National Security Council, the Net Evaluation Subcommittee (NESC). From 1953 onward, US leaders wanted to know as precisely as possible what would happen if they failed in a nuclear war—how many Americans would die and how much of the country would remain. The NESC told ... Leer más

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  • Hope Sings, So Beautiful

    Graced Encounters Across the Color Line

    In Hope Sings, So Beautiful, award-winning author Christopher Pramuk offers a mosaic of images and sketches for thinking and praying through difficult questions about race. The reader will encounter the perspectives of artists, poets, and theologians from many different ethnic and racial communities.This richly illustrated book is not primarily sociological or ethnographic in approach. Rather, its ... Leer más

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  • The Doomsday Machine

    Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

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  • Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    "A minor classic in its laconic, spare, compelling evocation by a participant of the shifting moods and maneuvers of the most dangerous moment in human history."—Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.In October 1962, when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. ... Leer más

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  • Raven Rock

    The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die

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    What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets

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  • At the Abyss

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  • When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    In 1961 at the Bay of Pigs, CIA-trained and -organized Cuban exiles aiming to overthrow Fidel Castro were soundly defeated. Most were taken prisoner by Cuban armed forces. Fearing another U.S. invasion of its new ally, the Soviet Union sneaked into Cuba strategic missiles tipped with nuclear warheads and Soviet troops armed with tactical nuclear weapons. However, a U-2 spy plane flight would soon ... Leer más

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