Arsenals of folly : the making of the nuclear arms race /
Rhodes, Richard, 1937-
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.
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.
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.
9781847371188 (hbk.) 1847371183 (hbk.)
2009292400
GBA784522 bnb
014101171 Uk
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
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.
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.
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.
9781847371188 (hbk.) 1847371183 (hbk.)
2009292400
GBA784522 bnb
014101171 Uk
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