The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956
Edición de la obra Stalin and the bomb
| Autor | Holloway, David |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Yale University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1994-09-24 |
| Lugar | New Haven |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 464 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780300060560 |
| ISBN-10 | 0300060564 |
| OCLC | 470165274, 191730513 |
| LCCN | 94008216 |
| Número de Cutter | H745s |
"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." "This magisterial history throws light on Soviet policy at the height of the Cold War, illuminates a central but hitherto secret element of the Stalinist system, and puts into perspective the tragic legacy of this program - today environmental damage, a network of secret cities, and a huge stockpile of unwanted weapons."--BOOK JACKET.