buildup of nuclear weapons
41Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
42Peace Action — SANE redirects here. For other uses, see SANE (disambiguation). Peace Action is a peace organization formed through the merger of The Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign (also known as The Freeze ). The… …
43Calendar of 2003 — ▪ 2004 January So long as there is a single Brazilian brother or sister going hungry, we have ample reason to be ashamed of ourselves. Lula, in his inaugural address as president of Brazil, January 1 January 1 The Socialist Lula (Luiz… …
44technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
45Cold War (1953–1962) — 1959 World map of alignments:   NATO member states …
46logistics — /loh jis tiks, leuh /, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. the branch of military science and operations dealing with the procurement, supply, and maintenance of equipment, with the movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel, with the …
47Robert McNamara — Infobox Officeholder name = Robert McNamara imagesize = small caption = order = 8th United States Secretary of Defense term start = January 21, 1961 term end = February 29, 1968 vicepresident = viceprimeminister = deputy = Roswell Gilpatric,… …
48Agreed Framework between the United States of America and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea — The Agreed Framework between the United States of America and the Democratic People s Republic of Korea was signed on October 21, 1994 between North Korea (DPRK) and the United States. The objective of the agreement was the freezing and… …
49CIA leak scandal timeline — Note: This subject is also referred to as: CIA leak case timeline , Plamegate scandal timeline , and Plame affair timeline . The CIA leak scandal timeline (also known as the CIA leak case timeline, the Plamegate scandal timeline, and the Plame… …
50United States Department of Defense — Department of Defense Department overview Formed August 10, 1949 (1949 08 10) …
