{"product_id":"the-neutron-bomb-paperback","title":"The Neutron Bomb - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael a. Aquino Ph. D.\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June 1977 an obscure reference to \"ERW\" in the classified budget of the U.S. Energy Research \u0026amp; Development Administration happened to arouse the curiosity of Congressional \u0026amp; media investigators. \"ERW\", it turned out, referred to \"enhanced radiation warhead\", which upon further probing referred to a new type of nuclear warhead that emitted bursts of neutrons, not explosives. Such a \"Neutron Bomb\" could kill everything living in its vicinity while leaving structures undamaged and the landscape uncontaminated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSo secret had been the N-Bomb's development that even President Jimmy Carter first learned of it from an expos  article in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat followed were over two years of impassioned discussion within the U.S. government, the NATO alliance, and the Soviet Union about the ethics and practicality of such a device. Was it the \"wonder weapon\" that would stop any Warsaw Pact invasion in its tracks without the destruction of old, convention nuclear arsenal? Or would its deployment make nuclear war more \"thinkable\" by erasing the previously-unthinkable nuclear threshold?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Neutron Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e details this entire sequence of events, both domestic and international, and examines how and why the world community resolved the problem as it did.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally the author's Ph.D. dissertation in Political Science at the University of California, \u003ci\u003eThe Neutron Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e assumed spy-thriller dimensions: Everyone everywhere was caught by surprise; no one knew what it was safe to say\/not say about such a secretive program, and government pronouncements were undercut by gossip within Washington's Embassy Row. What had begun as an ordinary research project became so explosive that the author found himself in a quandary as to what it was both safe and legal to write  Here, 35 years later, the entire story can be told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNon-fictional books by Dr. Aquino generally fall into three categories: historical, practical, and initiatory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical works include \u003ci\u003eThe Neutron Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e (a study of the domestic and foreign politics surrounding the proposed NATO introduction of that weapon in 1977-8) and \u003ci\u003eExtreme Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e (a documentary exposé of the 1986-7 \"Satanic ritual abuse\" scam at the Presidio of San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo other [2-volume] books - \u003ci\u003eThe Church of Satan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Temple of Set\u003c\/i\u003e - are not only histories but initiatory analyses as well, examining the philosophical and metaphysical concepts which define and energize those religious institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs one of the U.S. Army's extremely rare Political-Military Affairs Officers [with credentials in Strategic \u0026amp; Space Intelligence, Psychological Operations, Special Forces, Civil Affairs, Defense Attaché, and Foreign Area Officer], Dr. Aquino has also introduced the practical application of \"MindWar\" as a methodology for reducing, if not eliminating contemporary humanity's obsession with and reliance upon murderous, destructive conventional war (PhysWar\"). His 2013 book \u003ci\u003eMindWar\u003c\/i\u003e introduces this solution and outlines its successive stages of implementation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinally a purely-initiatory work, \u003ci\u003eMindStar\u003c\/i\u003e, addresses the purely-metaphysical \"soul\" of human thought which \u003ci\u003eMindWar\u003c\/i\u003e [as a practical curriculum] omits, confronting the elusive questions of human divinity and immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnsurprisingly Dr. Aquino's fictional ventures - \u003ci\u003eWe Break the Sword\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFireForce\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMorlindalë\u003c\/i\u003e (\"authored\" by The One Ring) - all draw upon extensive political and philosophical principles in their telling. Both \u003ci\u003eFireForce\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMorlindalë\u003c\/i\u003e utilize the literary technique of parody in a serious, rather than humorous exploration and extrapolation of the original source.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditionally Dr. Aquino has recovered and Edited a collection of childhood poems by his mother, Betty Ford: \u003ci\u003ePegasus in Pinfeathers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll of these books are available on Amazon in both printed paperback and Kindle ebook editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47583185830109,"sku":"9781523318148","price":24.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/cjRpQ1l3MStEbXkrYk5jcmQxSHVOZz09.webp?v=1773594696","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-neutron-bomb-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}