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100 1  Perry, William James,|d1927-|eauthor. 
245 14 The button :|bthe new nuclear arms race and presidential 
       power from Truman to Trump /|cWilliam J. Perry and Tom Z. 
       Collina. 
264  1 Dallas, TX :|bBenBella Books, Inc.,|c[2020] 
300    xxiii, 256 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tPreface : "Your shot, Mr. President" --|tThe president's
       weapons --|tBolt from the blue --|tBlundering into nuclear
       war --|tHacking the bomb --|tNo first use --|tHow not to 
       spend $2 trillion --|tWelcome to the new arms race --|tThe
       missile defense delusion --|tWhy do we still have the 
       bomb? --|tThe atomic Titanic. 
520    "William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense in the Clinton 
       administration and Undersecretary of Defense for Research 
       and Engineering in the Carter administration, and Tom Z. 
       Collina, Director of Policy at Ploughshares Fund, a global
       security foundation in Washington, DC, reveal the shocking
       tales and sobering facts of nuclear executive authority 
       throughout the atomic age, delivering a powerful 
       condemnation against ever leaving explosive power this 
       devastating under any one person's thumb"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Nuclear weapons|xGovernment policy|zUnited States
       |xHistory. 
650  0 Arms race|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Nuclear arms control|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 War and emergency powers|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Presidents|zUnited States|xHistory. 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations|y20th century. 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations|y21st century. 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government. 
700 1  Collina, Tom Z.,|d1966-|eauthor.