The United States is the only country to have dropped the atomic bomb. Every US president has threatened nuclear war. This book reveals how and why the US made more than twenty threats of nuclear attack during the Cold War - against Russia, China, Vietnam, and the Middle East. It presents the concise history of the USA's use of the atomic bomb.

The book concludes with an appeal for nuclear weapons abolition and an overview of the history of the anti-nuclear movement. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including extensive government documents, this fascinating and timely account shows how the U.S. has used nuclear weapons to dominate the world.

1. Deadly Connections: Empire and Nuclear Weapons
2. First Nuclear Terrorism - Hiroshima and Nagasaki
3. Post War Asia - Targeting Korea and China
4. The Cuban Missile Crisis - Prestige, Credibility, &
Power
5. Vietnam: Failures of Nuclear Diplomacy
6. The Middle East: Protecting "The Prize
7. Nukes and the New World Order - What We Say Goes - Part I
8. "Seven Minutes to Midnight" - What We Say Goes - Part II
9. Abolition or Annihilation
Notes
Bibliography
Index.