num_pages: 375
description: Martin J. Sherwin's classic account of the political and diplomatic circumstances surrounding the development of the first atom bomb is as timely now as when it was written. His new introduction warns that until we understand its origins. the arms race will continue to force superpower relations to be conducted at the edge of the nuclear abyss.
language: English
title: A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and the Origins of the Arms Race
titlecomplete: A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and the Origins of the Arms Race
genres: 20th Century, Japan, History, Science, World War II, American History, Japanese Literature, Nonfiction, United States, Grad School
ratings_count: 111
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: History and Biography
publisher: Vintage