Red cloud at dawn : Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly /
With the use of newly opened archives, "Red Cloud at Dawn" focuses on the extraordinary story of First Lightning--the first Soviet test bomb detonated in 1949--to provide a fresh understanding of the origins of the nuclear arms race, as well as the all-too-urgent problem of proliferation.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | With the use of newly opened archives, "Red Cloud at Dawn" focuses on the extraordinary story of First Lightning--the first Soviet test bomb detonated in 1949--to provide a fresh understanding of the origins of the nuclear arms race, as well as the all-too-urgent problem of proliferation. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780374256821 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374256829 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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