Red cloud at dawn
Subtitle: Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly
By: Michael D. Gordin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780374256821
Subjects: Truman, Harry S., -- 1884-1972; Stalin, Joseph, -- 1879-1953; 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
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Atomic monopoly; title: How much time do we have?; title: Larger than Enormoz; title: First lightning; title: Making Vermont; title: Dramatizing the situation; title: The year of Joe.