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Arsenals of folly : the making of the nuclear arms race / Richard Rhodes.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: London : Simon & Schuster, 2008.Description: 386 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781847371188 (hbk.)
  • 1847371183 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.021709045
LOC classification:
  • U 264 R477a 2008
Contents:
A rigid system: To the Chernobyl Sarcophagus-- Moscow does not believe in tears-- Ahierachy of Vassals and chiefs-- Apes on a treadmill: The bomber will always get through (I)--The bomber will always get through (II)-- The sorcerer's apprentices (I)-- The sorcerer's apprentices (II)-- Decapitation-- Rehearsing Armageddon-- The warheads will always get through-- Common security: Going aroound in circles-- Naysayers hard at work-- Looking over the horizon- The sovereign right to choose-- The little suitcase.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) U 264 R477a 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000080605

Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

"Pulitzer prize- winning author of the making of the atomic bomb" T p. cover

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-357) and index.

A rigid system: To the Chernobyl Sarcophagus-- Moscow does not believe in tears-- Ahierachy of Vassals and chiefs-- Apes on a treadmill: The bomber will always get through (I)--The bomber will always get through (II)-- The sorcerer's apprentices (I)-- The sorcerer's apprentices (II)-- Decapitation-- Rehearsing Armageddon-- The warheads will always get through-- Common security: Going aroound in circles-- Naysayers hard at work-- Looking over the horizon- The sovereign right to choose-- The little suitcase.

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