Red cloud at dawn : Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly / Michael D. Gordin.

Author/Creator:

Gordin, Michael D.

Edition:

Uncorrected proof

Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.

Format/Description:

Book
xii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subjects:

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.
Nuclear weapons -- History -- 20th century.
Arms race -- History -- 20th century.
World politics -- 1945-1955.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1991.

Place of Publication:

United States New York (State) New York.

Summary:

With the use of newly opened archives, "Red Cloud at Dawn" focuses on the extraordinary story of First Lightning--the first Soviet test bomb detonated in 1949--to provide a fresh understanding of the origins of the nuclear arms race, as well as the all-too-urgent problem of proliferation.

Contents:

Atomic monopoly
How much time do we have?
Larger than Enormoz
First lightning
Making Vermont
Dramatizing the situation
The year of Joe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-379).

Local notes:

Penn Libraries Zinman copy is uncorrected proof / not for sale.

Penn Provenance:

Zinman, Michael (donor) (Zinman copy)

Penn Chronology:

2009

Contributor:

Zinman Atomic Energy Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

OCLC:

1013852880

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