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…Philosophy (1919). He continued his protests and was an active opponent of nuclear weapons. He released the Russell-Einstein Manifesto in 1955, calling for the reduction of nuclear weapons. In 1957, he was a prime organizer of the first Pugwash Conference…

…of the belief that Saddam Hussein was harboring terrorists in Iraq and that he had in his possession weapons of mass destruction whether they were nuclear or gas bombs the United States had no idea. When also looking at reasons why the United States decided to enter…

…a slow and painful death due to the radiation exposure. As you may already know the president of the United States of America and others involved in fighting for the nuclear disarmament are working hard trying to banish nuclear weapons because of the pain…

…destruction. With the start of Hitler's blitzkrieg attack on Poland, a group of European ex-patriot scientists gathered in the US with the intent of gaining an upper hand on nuclear fission before Hitler and his henchmen could. "If such a weapon is going to be made…

…with the stockpile of nuclear weapons Saddam was rumored to have. There were also orders for these chemical weapons to be used but they never were. The production of chemical weapons started as early as the 1970’s when Iraq asked for help in building, “what they called…

…exceptions. If both were directly involved, the almost inevitable end would be an escalation to nuclear weapons. The result was firstly the increase in costs for the superpowers overall strategy. The main outcome was by using these third world countries as pawns…

…were prepared to attack one another and were ready to use nuclear weapons. This was probably the peak of tension during the Cold War. In 1962, the Soviet Union was behind the United States in the arms race. The missiles that the Russians had were powerful…

…rumors has gotten to Washington that Germany was building its own nuclear weapon. The Germans had taken over a heavy water plant in Norway. Heavy water is water that contains deuterium, a crucial ingredient in making the atomic bomb. American spies reported…

…of the Berlin Wall, relaxed its pressure in central Europe. Instead, the Russians now sought to install nuclear missiles in Cuba. When this was discovered by air reconnaissance in October 1962, Kennedy imposed a quarantine on all offensive weapons bound for Cuba…

…. The collapse of the Soviet Union was very important in the end of the Cold War as well. Former United States President Ronald Reagan played a part in the end too. Reagan and Gorbachev worked together for a reduction of arms. Eliminating nuclear weapons…