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Life and times of the atomic bomb : nuclear weapons and the transformation of warfare / Albert I. Berger.
By: Berger, Albert I. (Albert Isaac) [author.]
Publisher: New York ; London : Routledge, 2016Description: viii, 225 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780765619853; 9780765619860Subject(s): Atomic bomb -- History | Nuclear arms control -- History | Nuclear weapons -- History | Nuclear warfareDDC classification: 355.021709
Contents:
Part I. Chain reactions -- The science and the scientists, 1895-1939 -- The first nuclear arms race, 1939-1943 -- Part II. Rapid assembly -- "One grand final exam day," 1943-1945 -- "I am become death" -- Part III. Two scorpions in a bottle -- Wasting assets, 1945-1952 -- The cross of iron -- "Solution unsatisfactory" -- ANADYR -- Part IV. "We all breathe the same air" -- The politics of parity -- Part V. The weapon of the weak -- Sweet dreams and suicide machines.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 355.021709 BER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 012426 |
Part I. Chain reactions -- The science and the scientists, 1895-1939 -- The first nuclear arms race, 1939-1943 -- Part II. Rapid assembly -- "One grand final exam day," 1943-1945 -- "I am become death" -- Part III. Two scorpions in a bottle -- Wasting assets, 1945-1952 -- The cross of iron -- "Solution unsatisfactory" -- ANADYR -- Part IV. "We all breathe the same air" -- The politics of parity -- Part V. The weapon of the weak -- Sweet dreams and suicide machines.