Nuclear Weapons of the United States: An Illustrated History [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

James N. Gibson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Schiffer Military History | Publication Date: January 1, 2000

This new book covers every nuclear delivery system the United States ever deployed. With few exceptions, each weapon and system is illustrated by either color or black and white photographs. Each weapon also comes with specifications and a history of its development, deployment and retirement (if retired).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764300636
• ISBN-13: 978-0764300639
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #793,402 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, title misleading, June 12, 2009

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J. Janzen (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nuclear Weapons of the United States: An Illustrated History (Hardcover)

A good book with lots of nice photos. However, the title is a little misleading. The subject is nuclear weapon delivery systems, not the actual nuclear weapons themselves. So if you are looking for information about the actual nuclear weapon components, this book has almost nothing on that. If you want information on the delivery systems, rockets, planes, bomb casings, etc., then this is a good book.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars lots of typos, October 6, 2003

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Jeremy Kuris (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nuclear Weapons of the United States: An Illustrated History (Hardcover)

This book has lots of great photos. It also seems to have a lot of information, but there are so many editing problems that I am reluctant to trust its technical and historical information.

While I was reading it, I found typesetting issues, and many spelling errors. I was trying to enjoy it, not proofread it, so I'm sure careful scrutiny would uncover even more. Page 191 has at least nine errors! They include: "thier" instead of "their", "their" instead of "there" (twice!), "ver" instead of "very", and "nublear ant-aircraft" instead of "nuclear anti-aircraft".

I really wanted to like this book, but the errors are so numerous and distracting, that I ultimately have to consider it a defective product. If only they had used a spell-checker and a proofreader, this could have been a five-star book. As it stands, it is merely a photo album with some captions might be correct.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Typos -- yes. You will not care. Great book !, November 17, 2006

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Jon in Florida "economics guy" (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nuclear Weapons of the United States: An Illustrated History (Hardcover)

If you look closely, there are indeed typos.

I don't think you will notice, however.

The photos and captions alone make this book a "must buy."

You will not be disappointed.