Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb by Rhodes, Richard (9780684824147)

Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb

by Rhodes, Richard

Paperback - English

Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definitive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War.

Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet Union, this monumental work of history discloses how and why the United States decided to create the bomb that would dominate world politics for more than forty years.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0684824140

EAN

9780684824147

Publisher

TOUCHSTONE PR

Publication Date

06 Aug 1996

Pages

736

Weight (kg)

0.86

Dimensions (cm)

23.4 x 15.5 x 3.6

About Author

Richard Rhodes is the author of seventeen books, including novels and works of history, journalism, and letters. His The Making of the Atomic Bomb won a Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award. Dark Sun, about the development of the hydrogen bomb, was one of three finalists for a Pulitzer Prize in History. A father and grandfather, he lives in rural Connecticut with his wife, Ginger Rhodes.