The Fire of the Gods: The Evolutionary History of Nuclear Age - Part II - 1960 to 1970

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Rajat Narang

The Fire of the Gods

The Evolutionary History of Nuclear Age - Part II - 1960 to 1970

Rajat Narang

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English

Rajat Narang
24 December 2023

Arms negotiation & control; Geopolitics; Treaties & other sources of international law

Series: The Fire of the Gods

The Part-2 of this multi-part series opens at the heights of the tensions of the Cold War years, in form, of the diplomatic cacophony and chaos that followed the capture of Gary Powers, the U-2 pilot, during one of the U-2 overflights over Soviet Union which brought the U.S. manned aerial surveillance program in public domain followed by the nuclear flash point of the Cuba Missile Crisis of 1962. From the heights of Cold War tensions the action moves to the depths of the oceans and takes a deep dive into the loss of two U.S. nuclear-powered submarines to the ocean floor through the 1960s decade.

The ban on atmospheric nuclear testing and expansion of the nuclear club, following the addition of France and China to it overtly, along with Israel's covert ingress, come next on the radar followed by the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963 which saved the world from the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons while also effectively limiting the scope of the nuclear arms race between the two superpowers from going towards very high-yield thermonuclear weapons. The commercialization of nuclear power and the seminal Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) of 1968 were the other major highlights of the extraordinary decade of 1960-1970.

Other highlights of the analysis include: -

1. How American highhandedness during the 1956's Suez Canal Crisis led to France's decision to go nuclear? 2. How the U.S. State Department's nuclear threats to China during the Korean War made Mao Zedong determined to develop the Chinese atomic bomb? 3. How Israel developed its nuclear weapons program with French assistance while fooling CIA? 4. How CIA undertook a daring nuclear mission in the Himalayas in 1965 to spy on China's nuclear weapons programs? 5. CIA's U-2 overflights of Chinese Nuclear Facilities using Taiwanese Air Force's bases and pilots? 6. How a pair of 3.8-megaton Broken Arrows brought America almost to the brink of an inadvertent thermonuclear detonation on its own soil in 1961?

By: Rajat Narang
Imprint: Rajat Narang
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 186g
ISBN: 9798223567509
Series: The Fire of the Gods
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 24 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Rajat Narang is the Co-Founder and Partner of a niche Research Firm pivoted on the Global Aerospace & Defense Industry for over a decade now apart from being a serial Author and active Podcaster. He has authored over 2000+ syndicated research reports (across industries & sectors) and has authored around 8 books on Commercial & Military Aviation and Leadership. The end users of his reports have been senior executives of leading Commercial & Military Aviation OEMs led by Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Gulfstream, Dassault, Textron Aviation and their supplier base, including, engine OEMs and T1 suppliers such as GE Aviation, Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney, Safran & Spirit Aerosystems. His reports have also been leveraged by the U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin Corporation, BAE Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems and Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) on the defense side of A&D. His educational background includes a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in International Business with Business Strategy as the core pivot followed by a Masters in Political Science with specialization in International Relations. His podcasts ""Birds of Fray: Top Gun Maverick"" and ""M.S. Dhoni: Leadership Masterclass from the Master of the Craft"" are available on most leading global platforms, including, Amazon Music, Spotify and Apple & Google Podcasts and have a substantial following. Bitten early by the A&D, Strategy & Leadership bugs while growing up, he has been actively following, tracking & pursuing them for almost 2 decades now."