Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly by Michael D. Gordin

Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly

Michael D. Gordin

402 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICEOn August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed "First Lightning," exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. This surprising international event marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultima...

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