Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly

by Michael D. Gordin

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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE

Following the trail of espionage and technological innovation, and making use of newly opened archives, Michael D. Gordin provides a new understanding of the origins of the nuclear arms race and fresh insight into the problem of proliferation.

On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed "First Lightning," exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. This surprising international...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0312655428

ISBN13:9780312655426

Release Date:November 2010

Publisher:St. Martins Press-3PL

Length:416 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Related Subjects

20th Century Conventional Europe History Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Nuclear Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Russia Russian & Former Soviet Union Science & Math Textbooks Weapons & Warfare World

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