Rhodes, Richard,  1937- <br/><br/>
Arsenals of folly :  the making of the nuclear arms race / 
Richard Rhodes. 
 - London :  Simon & Schuster,  2008. 
 - 386 p., [24] p. of plates :  ill., ports. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 
<br/><br/>"Pulitzer prize- winning author of the making of the atomic bomb" T p. cover 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-357) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781847371188 (hbk.) 1847371183 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009292400 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA784522  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014101171  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nuclear weapons--United States.<br/>Nuclear weapons--Soviet Union.<br/>Arms race.<br/>Armas nucleares--Estados Unidos<br/>Armas nucleares--Unión Soviética<br/>Carrera de armamentos
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>U 264  / R477a 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355.021709045