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Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly de Michael D. Gordin

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

Autor Michael D. Gordin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2010

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 event marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the two superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States.

With the use of newly opened archives, Michael D. Gordin folows a trail of espionage, secrecy, deception, political brinksmanship, and technical innovation to provide a fresh understanding of the nuclear arms race.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780312655426
ISBN-10: 0312655428
Pagini: 402
Dimensiuni: 140 x 213 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Picador USA

Recenzii

"This is a book full of great details . . . Gordin's main argument is that . . . if now so fixated on espionage and secrecy, maybe the two antagonists could have figured out a way to forestall the arms race. [A] striking, thoroughly researched book." --Nicholas Thompson, "The New York Times""Gordin brings considerable scholarship to the subject of how the Soviets succeeded in building an atomic bomb. . . . Weaves an impressively wide range of sources into a brilliant narrative about the intelligence war." --"History Today""Gordin has crafted a quite wonderful book . . . [It] greatly expands what we should know about the contest for nuclear supremacy in the early Cold War. Heartily recommended." --Ed Goedeken, "Library Journal ""More than a tale of scientific ingenuity, [Red Cloud at Dawn] probes the human motives of those involved in a high-stakes drama . . . A perceptive study, rich with implications for a twenty-first-century world still fraught with nuclear tensions." --Bryce Christensen, " Booklist ""Michael Gordin brings vividly to life the end of the American atomic monopoly. By focusing on what each side knew--and did not know--about the other, he sheds new and original light on the origins of the U.S.-Soviet nuclear arms race. This is a stylish book, with important implications for how we think about nuclear weapons past and present." --David Holloway, author of "Stalin and the Bomb ""Nothing about the early cold war can be understood without grasping the terrifying first few years of nuclear weapons. Everything was in play: who would have them, who would control them, would they be used to enforce a "pax Americana." Spies, diplomats, treaties, and detonations--nothing gripped decision makers as much as the atomic arsenal, from screaming headlines to the silent intelligence analyses on both sides of the divide. In "Red Cloud at Dawn," ""Michael Gordin zeros in on the crucial years from Hiroshima to the first flash of 'Joe 1' in 19

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