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Understanding the vocabulary of the nuclear arms race
By Fleisher, Paul
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-87518-352-7
- Publisher
- Minneapolis, MN : Dillon Press, c1988.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 1988
Gr 7-12 When teenagers want the meanings of the terms used in news accounts of nuclear treaties and threats of war, this is the book to rec ommend. Maintaining a scrupulously objective viewpoint, Fleisher gives brief, clear definitions of about 300 terms, almost all American, represent ing the special language used by re porters, arms control and military ex perts, and informed citizens. These include some basic concepts of phys ics (e.g., chain reaction), material for nuclear bomb production (e.g., lithi um, plutonium), types of weap...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
