Ken Young

Every Saturday Eric would travel into the city to work at his grandparent's flower shop. Occasionally his mind would wander, and he would imagine what it would be like to be a plant. His friends and family would often be included in his daydreams.

Super Bomb unveils the story of the events leading up to President Harry S. Truman's 1950 decision to develop a "super," or hydrogen, bomb. That fateful decision and its immediate consequences are detailed in a diverse and complete account built on newly released archives and previously hidden contemporaneous interviews with more than sixty political, military, and scientific figures who were involved in the decision. Ken Young and Warner R. Schilling present the expectations, hopes, and fears of the key individuals who lobbied for and against developing the H-bomb. They portray the conflicts that arose over the H-bomb as rooted in the distinct interests of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Los Alamos laboratory, the Pentagon and State Department, the Congress, and the White House. But as they clearly show, once Truman made his decision in 1950, resistance to the H-bomb opportunistically shifted to new debates about the development of tactical nuclear weapons, continental air defense, and other aspects of nuclear weapons policy. What Super Bomb reveals is that in many ways the H-bomb struggle was a proxy battle over the morality and effectiveness of strategic bombardment and the role and doctrine of the US Strategic Air Command.

After defeating the forces of the wicked Metro, and saving her father, the new queen, Ekala Oleen, begins a tour of the Kingdom of Ameram--anticipating a pleasant journey, visiting with the people and correcting injustices. Instead, she is stalked by vicious night beasts and falls into a deadly trap set by the ambitious northern kingdoms. When she learns how deep the evil still reaches, Ekala begins to question who she can trust. The mystic Larma, the Stone Cutter's Daughter, and the King's Frog Hunter--with their powerful animal companions--join Ekala Oleen to battle the insidious forces rising to destroy her and seize control of Ameram. The fate of her prophecy and the kingdom depends on the strength of their faith in one another and trusting in the messages of Stone Truth.

This study tells the story of the strategic nuclear forces deployed to England by the United States from the late 1940s, and details the secret agreement made to launch atomic strikes against the USSR. Drawing on more than a decade's research in archives on both sides of the Atlantic, hitherto unknown aspects of Cold War history are revealed. The book deals with the United States Air Force's (USAF) relations with their British hosts as well as tensions between the American commands, with the continuous struggle to develop and safeguard the expanding base network and with the losing battle to provide the deployed bomber forces with an adequate air defence. This challenging analysis, based on massive archival sources, will provoke and stimulate Cold War historians and air power enthusiasts alike, and be read by those many veterans who served in the units of Strategic Air Command and the USAF in Europe, during that brief but dangerous period of nuclear history.

This introductory textbook provides an historical overview of developments in local government in postwar Britain. Examines role of local government both as partner and as agent of central ministriesBased substantially on original research, yet written accessibly for beginning students and general readersKen Young is the leading authority in this field, and Nirmala Rao a much- respected younger scholar