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Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
by Rhodes, Richard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 068480400X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684804002
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Rear hinge starting; binding remains tight. Corners and bottom edges lightly bumped. Some handling wear evident to head of spine with softening and fading to cloth. Text and images unmarked. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. 8vo. 731pp.
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
- Chaparral Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPrhoDS
- Title
- Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
- Author
- Rhodes, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 068480400X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684804002
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 39 oz
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
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Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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