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  • EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce on Florida's Space Coast, 1919 to 2025, and Beyond

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    This short book contains a few pieces that I have written during the past 20 years which I have not previously published. I recognize that they will be of limited interest to most people. However, I hope that a few readers might find them interesting and maybe even discover a thought or two that might aid in shaping their own thinking. I do not delude myself into thinking that there is anything ... Leer más

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    The postwar period saw increased interest in the idea of relatively easy-to-manufacture but devastatingly lethal radiological munitions whose use would not discriminate between civilian and military targets. Death Dust explores the largely unknown history of the development of radiological weapons (RW)—weapons designed to disperse radioactive material without a nuclear detonation—through a series ... Leer más

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  • A History of Intercollegiate Athletics at Florida Institute of Technology from 1958 to 2023

    This book sets forth the history of intercollegiate athletics at Florida institute of Technology, commonly known as Florida Tech. Florida Tech was founded in 1958 on Florida's Space Coast in order to provide continuing education for engineers and scientists at nearby Cape Canaveral in the early days of space exploration. Within a few years, the university began to develop a robust intercollegiate ... Leer más

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  • Dangerous Weapons, Desperate States

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    With the collapse of the USSR, fifteen fledgling sates inherited a massive Soviet arsenal, unstable political systems, and desperate economies. A "sell everything" mentality threatens to result in the largest arms bazaar in human history, and this potential "fire sale" includes weapons of mass destruction. This book addresses the challenges the new independent states (NIS) of the former Soviet ... Leer más

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  • The Global Politics of Combating Nuclear Terrorism

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    The most difficult challenge for a terrorist organization seeking to build a nuclear weapon or improvised nuclear device is obtaining fissile material, either plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU). Experts acknowledge that obtaining HEU, uranium that has been processed to increase the proportion of the U-235 isotope to over 20%, is the most difficult challenge facing a state or non-state ... Leer más

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    Despite their Cold War rivalry, the United States and the Soviet Union frequently engaged in joint efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Leaders in Washington and Moscow recognized that nuclear proliferation would serve neither country’s interests even when they did not see eye-to-eye in many other areas. They likewise understood why collaboration in mitigating this nuclear danger ... Leer más

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