"It was a quirk of history that at that moment the energy of the atom was engineered to kill," Schmidt told The National Interest. “The longer legacy of that day will be much greater than 'the bomb.' ...

Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.

Russia’s nuclear infrastructure is growing in the shadows. Satellite images reveal extensive construction at five sites, from ...