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Red cloud at dawn : Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly Cover Image Book Book

Red cloud at dawn : Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly

Gordin, Michael D. (Author).

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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  • ISBN: 9780374256821 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0374256829 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: print
    xii, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: What happened at Potsdam -- Atomic monopoly -- How much time do we have? -- Larger than Enormoz -- First lightning -- Making Vermont -- Dramatizing the situation -- The year of Joe -- Epilogue: Traces and tailings.

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Subject: Truman, Harry S -- 1884-1972
Stalin, Joseph -- 1879-1953
Nuclear weapons -- History -- 20th century
Arms race -- History -- 20th century
World politics -- 1945-1955
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1991

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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Castlegar Campus Library U 264 G67 2009 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
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