Nuclear War Cold War (5 results)

Condition: Very Good. 3 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: A4 Size. Category: History Today; Atomic & Nuclear; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

First Edition. 8vo, publisher's black cloth, the spine lettered in red and yellow in the original dustjacket. 191pp. A very fine copy in a very good jacket just lightly age mellowed, the red text on the jacket spine faded to orange as is nearly always the case. FIRST EDITION, A WORK THAT SHOWS THAT POLITICS AND MORALS ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED IN AN AGE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. This publication made a serious effort to explore the "nuclear problem" in all aspects with contributions from a diverse collection of Political Scientists, Educators, Physicists, Theologians, and Psychoanalysts. They being; John J. Herz, David R. Inglis, Kenneth W. Thompson, John C. Bennett, Erich Fromm, Paul Ramsey, and Roger L. Shinn.…

First Edition, third printing. With a number of charts and tables. Large 8vo, original Princeton red cloth, the spine lettered in gilt and ruled in black, in the original dustjacket. xx, 668 pp. A fine copy but for a little spotting and dusting to the fore edges, the jacket is especially well preserved with just a light touch of rubbing at the edges. ONE OF THE PREEMINENT FUTURISTS OF THE LATTER 20TH CENTURY ON THE LIKELY CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR WAR. His recommendations on how to improve survivability made him the historical inspiration for the title character of Stanley Kubrick's brilliant black comedy film 'Dr. Strangelove'. For his uses of Game Theory he is also cited as the 'Father of Ccenario Planning.".…

8vo. [80 pp (unpaginated).] Photo-illustrated throughout, many colour plates, text & captions printed in blue & red, black white photo illustrations, colour borders. Colour-illustrated softcovers, red plastic comb binding as issued (minor soiling front cover, minor shelfwear), still VG- copy. First edition of this souvenir yearbook detailing the largest field trials held in the United States following World War II, testing Army and Air Force personnel under conditions of simulated nuclear war, even including the faked dropping of an atomic bomb. A number of experimental groups were introduced including a Sky Cavalry, which combined the 82nd Airborne with a helicopter unit, although there was controversy following the exercises with Armor wanting helicopters attached to mechanized cavalry units, and Intelligence wanting aircraft with radar and infrared sensors. Unfortunately the massive maneuvers covering 45 days resulted in massive traffic jams with mechanized units trying to attack during torrential downpours, and other logistics issues emerged which the US military attempted to correct when they later applied many of the results to new tactics during the Vietnam War. Worldcat locates 3 copies (Filson Historical Society, US Army War College, Artillery School (only copy dated correctly)); Rickey Robertson, Exercise Sage Brush 1955, Stephen F. Austin State University (January, 2013).…

A rare instructional archive from the height of the Cold War arms and space races, documenting the teaching strategies, technical priorities, and ideological frameworks used by the U.S. military to train service members in missile technology, physics, and emerging space policy. These materials reflect the growing importance of scientific education within the armed forces during the period of intense technological competition between the United States and the Soviet Union following the launch of Sputnik and the acceleration of missile and space programs. This archive includes three distinct publications produced by branches of the Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force: a heavily illustrated USAF Preflight School "Math and Physics" Student Study Guide (ca. late 1950s, 244 pages); the DOD Fact Sheet 3-F on "Guided Missiles and Rockets" (29 April 1960, 59 pages); and a striking early federal statement titled "Introduction to Outer Space" (ca. late 1950s, 11 pages), intended to justify a national space program. Together, these works reflect the militarized scientific culture of early Cold War America, where soldiers were expected to master STEM fundamentals, understand atomic missile classifications, and absorb the ideological stakes of U.S. supremacy in space. The Preflight School Study Guide opens with a cartoon image of a smiling cadet pointing to a "Table of Contents," listing 20 core lessons including: "Velocity and Acceleration," "Vectors," "Electricity and Magnetism," and "Jet Engine Principles." Designed to bring young recruits up to speed on mathematical and physical foundations, this booklet illustrates how the military systematized the transmission of civilian STEM knowledge through instructional cartooning, step-by-step reviews, and mechanical principles tied directly to aeronautics. The document also reflects broader efforts to professionalize enlisted men into a new technocratic class of Cold War airmen. The DOD Fact Sheet 3-F, dated 29 April 1960, is a mimeographed technical manual that lists every operational missile and rocket then used by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Each entry is meticulously typed and includes missile name, type (e.g., "surface-to-surface"), speed, launch weight, prime contractor, warhead type, and guidance system. Key entries include the NIKE AJAX, NIKE HERCULES, REDSTONE, PERSHING, and POLARIS missiles. The NIKE AJAX is described as "the nation's first supersonic anti-aircraft guided missile. designed to intercept and destroy bomber aircraft regardless of evasive action." The HERCULES system is called "a major advance. capable of operation in an electronic countermeasures environment." These materials also serve as a record of U.S. procurement partnerships with Bell Labs, Western Electric, and Douglas Aircraft-illustrating the military-industrial complex in full effect. The third item, titled "Introduction to Outer Space", is a pedagogical and ideological primer explaining the rationale behind federal investment in space exploration. Structured around four key justifications-scientific curiosity, military defense, national prestige, and technological advancement-it declares: "The first of these factors is the compelling urge of man to explore. Most of the surface of the earth has now been explored and men now turn to the exploration of outer space as their next objective." This philosophical argument for militarized space policy also hints at early satellite surveillance goals: "The launching of satellites. can be done with the aid of new things: (1) it can look down at the earth and map out the terrain. (2) it can look out into space. and (3) it can look at the sun." Notably, this text served as the basis for a widely distributed 1958 White House document under the Eisenhower Administration, laying ideological groundwork for what would soon become NASA and the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) of 1958. Pages toned with some rusting to staples, especially visible on.…