Stalin & the Bomb – The Soviet Union & Atomic Energy 1939–1956 (Paper): The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956 [Revised ed.] 0300066643, 9780300066647

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Table of contents :
Contents
Illustration Sources
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Ioffes Institute
2 Nuclear Prehistory
3 Reacting to Fission
4 Making a Decision
5 Getting Started
6 Hiroshima
7 The Post-Hiroshima Project
8 The Premises of Policy
9 The Atomic Industry
10 The Atomic Bomb
11 War and the Atomic Bomb
12 The War of Nerves
13 Dangerous Relations
14 The Hydrogen Bomb
15 After Stalin
16 The Atom and Peace
Conclusion
Bibliographical Note
Notes
Biographical Notes
Index

Stalin & the Bomb – The Soviet Union & Atomic Energy 1939–1956 (Paper): The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956 [Revised ed.]
 0300066643, 9780300066647

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