Nuclear weapons and nonproliferation: a reference handbook (2nd ed.)

An updated edition of ABC-CLIO's classic reference book on nuclear arms programs and proliferation in nations around the world.

- Primary documents include an excerpt from the 1945 U.S. report on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the text of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and the UN resolution sanctioning North Korea for its nuclear test

- A detailed and updated chronology highlights major events between 1939–2007 pertaining to the buildup of nuclear weapons and the efforts to control and dismantle them