PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nuclear Fallout, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, New Approach
1 Sep 2016
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Important notes about assignment #2: due date changed: week extension, new due date: monday november 23rd. *you must get your topic cleared by your tutorial assistant (for topic aim for: more than 10 years in the past, goal: in the year 2000 or later, because of credible research sources) 1942-1945: us manhattan project to develop first nuclear weapon. July 1945: us explodes first nuclear bomb ( trinity test ) to signal beginning of the nuclear age. August 1945: atomic bombs dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki-tremendous loss of life, environmental damage. August 1949: ussr tests its first nuclear bomb to signal the official beginning of the nuclear arms race. Death toll was high (mostly all civilians) Mass destruction: to the environment, society, and infrastructures . The cold war and mad theory: in relation to peace studies (the new global. Cold war: period between end of wwii and 1991. Tensions between us and the ussr-clash of ideologies and competition for world dominance.
