Albert I Berger

Life and Times of the Atomic Bomb

Nuclear Weapons and the Transformation of Warfare

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Produktbeschreibung

Life and Times of the Atomic Bomb takes up the question of how the world found itself in the age of nuclear weapons - and how it has since tried to find a way out of it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780765619853
• ISBN-10: 0765619857
• Artikelnr.: 43749907

Autorenporträt

Albert I. Berger is Associate Professor of History and Peace Studies at the University of North Dakota. His previous publications include The Magic That Works: John W. Campbell and the American Response to Technology (1993) and Divided Germany during the Cold War, 1945-1962 (2001).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part One: Chain Reactions Chapter One: The Science and the
Scientists, 1895-1939 Chapter Two: The First Nuclear Arms Race, 1939-1943
Part Two: Rapid Assembly Chapter Three: "One Grand Final Exam Day,"
1943-1945 Chapter Four: "I am become Death" Part Three: Two Scorpions in a
Bottle Chapter Five: Wasting Assets, 1945-1952 Chapter Six: The Cross of
Iron Chapter Seven: "Solution Unsatisfactory" Chapter Eight: ANADYR Part
Four: "we all breathe the same air" Chapter Nine: The Politics of Parity
Part Five: The Weapon of the Weak Chapter Ten: Sweet Dreams and Suicide
Machines Epilogue Index