Stalin and the Bomb: Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-56
by David Holloway
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0300060564
- ISBN 13
- 9780300060560
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Yale University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In engrossing detail, David Holloway tells us how Stalin launched a crash atomic program only after the Americans bombed Hiroshima and showed that the bomb could be built; how the information handed over to the Soviets by Klaus Fuchs helped in the creation of their bomb; how the scientific intelligentsia, which included such men as Andrei Sakharov, interacted with the police apparatus headed by the suspicious and menacing Lavrentii Beria; what steps Stalin took to counter U.S. atomic diplomacy; how the nuclear project saved Soviet physics and enabled it to survive as an island of intellectual autonomy in a totalitarian society; and what happened when, after Stalin's death, Soviet scientists argued that a nuclear war might extinguish all life on earth. This magisterial history throws light on Soviet policy at the height of the Cold War, illuminates a central but hitherto secret element of the Stalinist system, and puts into perspective the tragic legacy of this program - today environmental damage, a network of secret cities, and a huge stockpile of unwanted weapons.
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- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
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- Title
- Stalin and the Bomb: Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-56
- Author
- David Holloway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0300060564
- ISBN 13
- 9780300060560
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 480
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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