Richard Rhodes is the author of numerous books and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Appearing as host and correspondent for documentaries on public television’s, Japanese Etiquette: The Essential Guide to Japanese Traditions, Customs, and Etiquette. It is a well-researched, authoritative book although I found it hard going at times as it jumped from the USA to the Soviet Union and then to the espionage. The Cancer Industry: Crimes, Conspiracy and The Death of My Mother, Strange Tales of the Sea: Large Print Edition. Tell us what you like and we'll recommend books you'll love. 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. I have not received the BOOK. "A dark tale told with gripping intensity....Chilling and brilliant. Anthropology. from Yale University in 1959. Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfilment centres, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. See full terms and conditions and this month's choices. And all of it is true.

This book provides a fascinating history of how and why the H-bomb came to be developed as the Cold War got under way after WWII.

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The book gets into its stride with the development of the hydrogen bomb, which is explained clearly and succinctly. Hans Bethe, Edward Teller, Harold Agnew). 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. This book does not mention the H bomb until page 264. The content of this book is excellent and I would give it five stars except the ebook format kept jumping to the end randomly while reading. If you're a seller, Fulfilment by Amazon can help you grow your business. Despite the length of this book I couldn't put it down. Unable to add item to Wish List. at Hiroshima and Nagasaki - and the being the underpinning of the Cold War after that. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2020. I recommend Dark Sun if you already have a strong interest in the subject. Visit his website: RichardRhodes.com, "A dark tale told with gripping intensity....Chilling and brilliant. I found two aspects particularly interesting. Rhodes' book, The Making of the Atomic Bomb won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and the National Book Critics Circle Award in General Nonfiction. "–Michael Beschloss, Los Angeles Times, Any use of an author photo must include its respective photo credit. First, the technicalities involved in building a fusion weapon (relatively easy in principle, but much harder in practice). Headlong Rush to Mutual Assured Destruction, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2013. Another book, Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1996. Each of these 3 could have been a book in its own right.

Rhodes epic history of the hydrogen bomb and the Cold War arms race spent two weeks on PW's bestseller list. But this is the more important volume, not only because of its influence on the way we think about a half-century of world history, but because the hydrogen bomb continues to cast a shadow on the world today.

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It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. He has written more than two dozen books. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. He began writing articles and essays that appeared in Harper's, Reader's Digest, Esquire, The New Yorker, and Rolling Stone. [The] authoritative and riveting sequel to [the] Pulitzer Prize-winning saga The Making of the Atomic Bomb. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Get this from a library!

This is a detailed account of the trail of steps from the first experience of atomic power to its awful manifestation in the development of the H-Bomb which cast its shadow during the Cold War. This book is a consummate review of how the Cold War took shape and how central dominance in atomic weaponry was to the narrative of 40’s and 50’s.

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Learn more about the program. An engrossing history of the scientific discoveries, political maneuverings, and cold-war espionage leading to the creation of mankind's most destructive weapon. Offer redeemable at Simon & Schuster's ebook fulfillment partner. If the booked stopped at this, it is a worth while read. But they are all gripping subjects, and the author has clearly researched them in great detail. Authoritative, comprehensive, well-researched but hard going at times as it covered so many aspects of the H-bomb's development, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2015. Author Richard Rhodes won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for his previous atomic tome, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Not being a scientist and being even less interested in making a bomb of any sort, I found some of Rhodes's Dark Sun tedious. The book gets into its stride with the development of the hydrogen bomb, which is explained clearly and succinctly. It becomes really frightening, however, when it tells of the events of Cuba in 1962.

To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. He has written more than two dozen books. I was so impressed with his other book 'The making of the atomic bomb' that I decided to go ahead and get this book. Rhodes has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

"–Marcia Bartusiak, The Washington Post Book World, "Rhodes is a meticulous scholar, yet his tale is as riveting as any suspense thriller, replete with fascinating and bizarre characters, exotic locales, and a cliff-hanging plot.

To read of how LeMay and other American hawks wanted to unleash nuclear warfare on the Soviet Union chills the blood. But try to watch the documentaries first, especially as some of them were made ~ 20 years ago and include interviews with many of the key scientists involved (e.g. No Kindle device required.

1-Click ordering is not available for this item. You promised for the 21 st. Of course, we now know that Kennedy was a wiser man, and disaster was avoided, but much of the book is still relevant today. Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, a 1995 book by Richard Rhodes; Dark Sun a book in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore; Dark Sun Gwyndolin, a fictional character from Dark Souls; Other.

[The] authoritative and riveting sequel to [the] Pulitzer Prize-winning saga, Richard Rhodes is the author of numerous books and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. This is the Russia decimated by WW II, the era of the Gulag, the mass murder of the Terror and the alignment of the Russians with the West in WW II. Fast, FREE delivery, video streaming, music, and much more. "[Dark Sun] demonstrates the same ambition; literary skill; unrelenting research; talent for portraiture; understanding of the links between science, war and politics; willingness to stand up to large historical questions; and sound judgment that distinguished Richard Rhodes's 1988 book, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Rhodes first book, The Island Ground, was published in 1970. Richard Rhodes' second book is quite different to the first, and to a large extent overlaps it. Although for obvious reasons many of the details have never been declassified, the author provides what feels like an an authoritative account of the problems and possible solutions involved. I would recommend reading Richard Rhodes previous book called The making of the atomic bomb first. Much more than expected - a book I would recommend to anyone interested in how the world got to be the way it is. Plus, receive recommendations and exclusive offers on all of your favorite books and authors from Simon & Schuster. By Richard Rhodes.

The Dark Sun, a 1990 Italian film; Dark Suns, a 2018 documentary film by Julien Élie Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2016.

Free eBook offer available to NEW US subscribers only. The accounts of how coldly they were prepared to accept the loss of millions of American lives to achieve 'victory' is alarming.

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By clicking 'Sign me up' I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the privacy policy and terms of use. Must redeem within 90 days. The beginning is a stunning travel through Stalin's world of murder, espionage and the Great Terror. The first book mentioned espionage from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union, but only really in passing. "–Paul Preuss, San Jose Mercury News, "A book of formidable range...draws on a vast array of sources, melding previous scholarship with an abundance of fresh material....Rhodes writes with a sharp eye for anecdote, character and political context....The result is a brilliantly rich and vivid account of the Cold War. he discovery, in early September 1949, that the Soviet Union had recently exploded its first A-bomb forced American nuclear-weapons policy to a fraught point of decision. This book is stunningly interesting also--at times.

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Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, History of Japan: A brief history of Japan - the Land of the Rising Sun. As somebody with a scientific background I would have liked more on the nuclear physics, chemistry, materials science etc associated with the bomb's development but of course much of that information is restricted.

It is more about politics and the Russian spies novel.

From the day in September 1941 when the first word of Anglo-American atomic-bomb research arrived in Moscow via Soviet espionage to the week of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis when Curtis LeMay goaded President Kennedy to attack the USSR with everything in the US arsenal, this book is full of unexpected - and sometimes hair-raising - revelations based on previously undisclosed Soviet as well as US sources.

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