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The Winning Weapon : The Atomic Bomb in the Cold War, 1945-1950

by Gregg Herken

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This book makes clear how, and why, after World War II American diplomats tried to make the atom bomb a winning weapon," an absolute advantage in negotiations with the Soviet Union. But this policy failed utterly in the 1948 Berlin crisis, and at hom... Read more

This book makes clear how, and why, after World War II American diplomats tried to make the atom bomb a winning weapon," an absolute advantage in negotiations with the Soviet Union. But this policy failed utterly in the 1948 Berlin crisis, and at home the State Department opposed those scientists who advocated international cooperation on nuclear matters.

Originally published in 1988.

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File size10x7x0.9inches
Print pages442
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Publication date July 1, 2014
ISBN9780691607344
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