Stalin and the bomb : the Soviet Union and atomic energy, 1939-56
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Published
New Haven ; Yale University Press, 1994.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
355.0217 HOLLO
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355.0217 HOLLO
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Published
New Haven ; Yale University Press, 1994.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xvi, 464 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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In engrossing detail, David Holloway tells us how Stalin launched a crash atomic program only after the Americans bombed Hiroshima and showed that the bomb could be built; how the information handed over to the Soviets by Klaus Fuchs helped in the creation of their bomb; how the scientific intelligentsia, which included such men as Andrei Sakharov, interacted with the police apparatus headed by the suspicious and menacing Lavrentii Beria; what steps Stalin took to counter U.S. atomic diplomacy; how the nuclear project saved Soviet physics and enabled it to survive as an island of intellectual autonomy in a totalitarian society; and what happened when, after Stalin's death, Soviet scientists argued that a nuclear war might extinguish all life on earth.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Holloway, D. (1994). Stalin and the bomb: the Soviet Union and atomic energy, 1939-56 . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Holloway, David, 1943-. 1994. Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-56. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Holloway, David, 1943-. Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-56 Yale University Press, 1994.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Holloway, David. Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-56 Yale University Press, 1994.
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