Dark Sun

Rhodes

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Simon & Schuster
23 September 1996

History; Popular astronomy & space

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.

By: Rhodes
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 836g
ISBN: 9780684824147
ISBN 10: 0684824140
Pages: 731
Publication Date: 23 September 1996
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Replaced By: 9780684816906
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Dark Sun

[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. 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. -Michael Beschloss, Los Angeles Times