| Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb Contributor(s): Rhodes, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684824140 ISBN-13: 9780684824147 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: The Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb now tells the defintive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the H-Bomb and the birth of the Cold War, based on secret files found in the United States and the former Soviet Union. "A dark tale told with gripping intensity".--Washington Post Book World. of photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Science | History - History | Military - Nuclear Warfare |
| Dewey: 355.825 |
| LCCN: 95011070 |
| Series: Sloan Technology Series |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.90 lbs) 736 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definitive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War. Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet Union, this monumental work of history discloses how and why the United States decided to create the bomb that would dominate world politics for more than forty years. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rhodes, Richard: - Richard Rhodes is the author of numerous books and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He graduated from Yale University and has received fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Appearing as host and correspondent for documentaries on public television's Frontline and American Experience series, he has also been a visiting scholar at Harvard and MIT and is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Visit his website: RichardRhodes.com |