Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly

by Michael D. Gordin

Book Overview

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE

Following the trail of espionage and technological innovation, and making use of newly opened archives, Michael D. Gordin provides a new understanding of the origins of the nuclear arms race and fresh insight into the problem of proliferation.

On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed "First Lightning," exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. This surprising international...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312655428
• ISBN13: 9780312655426
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"