Dark Sun; The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
by Rhodes, Richard
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 068480400X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684804002
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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
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77356
- Title
- Dark Sun; The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
- Author
- Rhodes, Richard
- Illustrator
- Nancy Crampton (Author photograph)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 068480400X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684804002
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Atomic Bomb, Hydrogen Bomb, Thermonuclear, Edward Teller, Atomic Energy Commission, Luis Alvarez, Hans Bethe, Norris Bradbury, Espionage, Klaus Fuchs, Fusion, Leslie Groves, Harry Gold, David Greenglass, Los Alamos, Curtis LeMay, Carson Mark, Robert
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