| Collation |
xiii, 397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
"First published in Great Britain in 2004 by Jonathan Cape Random House"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-375) and index. |
| Contents |
Killing is easy -- Neutrons and nations -- Born in Manhattan -- It's a boy ! -- Decisions -- Genshi Bakudan -- Nuclear giants and ethical infants -- On a Russian scale -- Embracing Armageddon -- To little boy, a big brother -- The new look -- Symbols, not weapons -- Testing times -- To the brink -- How we learned to stop worrying and love the bomb -- Mid-life crisis -- Fallout. |
| Note |
Gift of Nadine and Harmon Wilkinson. |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons -- History.
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| ISBN |
0674017242 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN/ISSN |
9780674017245 |
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