Nuclear weapons and power in the 21st century

Stephan Frühling; Andrew O’Neil

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25082-8_5

Nuclear weapons and power in the 21^st century

Stephan Frühling, Andrew O’Neil

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Abstract

On 16 July 1945, the nuclear age was heralded by the successful Trinity test explosion at Alamogordo, New Mexico. Robert Oppenheimer later wrote that the sheer force of this new weapon made him think of the Bhagavad Gita verse “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” (Hijiya 2000: 123–167). Villains in countless movies seek nuclear weapons for their evil schemes, and only the philosopher’s stone and other imaginary items rival them as sources and symbols of power in popular imagination. During the Cold War, their mere existence seemed to threaten the survival not only of opposing armies, but of civilization itself.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Power in the 21st Century
Subtitle of host publication	International Security and International Political Economy in a Changing World
Publisher	Springer Berlin
Pages	81-95
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642250828
ISBN (Print)	9783642250811
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25082-8_5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2012

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