This concise book traces the history of nuclear weapons from World War II through the Cold War to the present day. You will also read about issues such as the proliferation of nuclear weapons, missile defense and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. This book also examines efforts to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes as proposed by President Dwight Eisenhower in his "Atoms for Peace" speech.
William Lambers is the author of several books and numerous articles on global hunger, nuclear arms control and other topics. His writings have been published by the History News Network, Chicago Sun-Times, the Cincinnati Enquirer, New York Times, the Bakersfield Californian, the Duluth News Tribune, the Charleston Gazette-Mail and the San Diego Union-Tribune. He has feature columns running at Blogcritics Magazine, Examiner.com and American Chronicle.
He partnered with the United Nations World Food Programme on the book "Ending World Hunger: School Lunches for Kids Around the World." The book features over 50 interviews about school feeding programs that fight child hunger in Afghanistan, Sudan, Nepal, Yemen and many other countries. Lambers is a graduate of the College of Mount St. Joseph in Ohio (BA, MSOL).
