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

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