Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
by Rhodes, Richard
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684824140
- ISBN 13
- 9780684824147
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Synopsis
Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definitive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War. Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet Union, this monumental work of history discloses how and why the United States decided to create the bomb that would dominate world politics for more than forty years.
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- Bookseller
- Last Word Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 210440629
- Title
- Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
- Author
- Rhodes, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0684824140
- ISBN 13
- 9780684824147
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996-08-06
- Size
- 6x1x9
- Keywords
- history, United States, 20th century, science, military, nuclear warfare
- X weight
- 29 oz
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