Author: GORDIN, MICHAEL D.
Title: Red Cloud at Dawn Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly
Description: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0374256829. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, light creasing of dustjacket.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 6.47 X 1.335 X 9.29 inches; 402 pages; "On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed First Lightning, exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. The startling event was not simply a technical experiment that confirmed the ability of the Soviet Union to build nuclear bombs during a period when the United States held a steadfast monopoly; it was also an international event that marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the two superpowers.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0374256829 Cold war RUSSIA stalin truman Atomic Bomb Militaria


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