the making of the nuclear arms race Rhodes, Richard 1937- creator text bibliography enk London Simon & Schuster 2008 monographic eng

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386 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. 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. Richard Rhodes. 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. Nuclear weapons United States Nuclear weapons Soviet Union Arms race Armas nucleares Estados Unidos Armas nucleares Unión Soviética Carrera de armamentos U 264 R477a 2008 355.021709045 9781847371188 (hbk.) 1847371183 (hbk.) 2009292400 UKM 071009 20230410105245.0 85207