The Greatest Disasters of the 20th Century
Author : Frances Kennett
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,79 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 9780890090428
Author : Frances Kennett
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,79 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 9780890090428
Author : Margot Keam Cleary
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 33,96 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 9780861246571
Author : John Canning
Publisher : Conran Octopus
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 26,14 MB
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : 9780706405460
Author : Octopus Publishing Group
Publisher : Conran Octopus
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 21,6 MB
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 9780706419382
Author : Kit Bonner
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 36,18 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760305942
Landlubbers beware! Great Naval Disasters is a collection of 19 incredible stories of ill-fated ships, each including a full recounting of the ship's early history, the events surrounding her tragedy, and her ultimate misfortune. The most deadly enemies of the warship other than combat - collision, explosion, fire, grounding, and, of course, the mysterious and curious... Contains accounts of raging fires on the USS Enterprise, USS Uriskany, USS Forrestal, and USS Constellation.
Author : Margot Keam Cleary
Publisher : Gallery Books
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 25,18 MB
Release : 1991-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780831769208
A look at some of the worst natural and technological tragedies of the century covers everything from the Galveston hurricane and the explosion of the "Hindenburg" to the Chernobyl accident
Author : Andrew L. Jenks
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,21 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Disasters
ISBN : 9780136038023
Part of the Connections: Key Themes in World History series, Perils of Progress: Environmental Disasters in the 20th Century is essential reading for anyone interested in furthering a clean and safe environment while simultaneously encouraging responsible manufacturing. Author Andrew Jenks examines past environmental disasters, such as the tragedies at Love Canal, Bhopal, and Chernobyl, to prepare students to anticipate and head off potential environmental disasters as well as to meet and deal rationally with the next toxic apocalypse should one occur.
Author : Samuel Upton Newtan
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 12,68 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Nuclear accidents
ISBN : 1425985114
During the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of people died from the use of nuclear weapons in Nuclear War I and other nuclear disasters. Dr. Newtan's book describes the disastrous consequences of the following nuclear developments all of which occurred in the 20th century: The Trinity Test of a nuclear device (explosion) The destruction of Hiroshima by a uranium bomb The destruction of Nagasaki by a plutonium bomb The hydrogen bomb, neutron bomb, and cobalt bomb Radioactive fallout Radiological weapons The BRAVO Test (hydrogen bomb) Three Mile Island nuclear reactor disaster Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster Fermi I breeder reactor disaster Nuclear submarine disasters (U.S., U.S.S.R.) Thresher nuclear submarine disaster Scorpion nuclear submarine disaster Nuclear satellite disasters Lost nuclear weapons Lost nuclear fissile materials for weapons Nuclear waste disasters Acts of war on nuclear facilities Nuclear terrorism Proliferation of nuclear weapons Nuclear reactors in space Nuclear weapons in space Nuclear waste can it be safely stored for millennia?
Author : Michael J. Oliver
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 25,13 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847205490
The First and Second World Wars, the great depression, oil shocks, inflation, financial crises, stock market crashes, the collapse of the Soviet command economy and Third World disasters are discussed in this comprehensive book. The contributors subject these disasters to in-depth assessment, carefully considering their costs and impact on specific countries and regions, as well as assessing them in a global context. The book examines the legacy of economic disasters and asks whether economic disasters are avoidable or whether policymakers can learn from their mistakes.
Author : Peter W. B. Semmens
Publisher : Haynes Publications
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 27,67 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781852603236
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