Life and times of the atomic bomb : nuclear weapons and the transformation of warfare /
Albert I. Berger.
- viii, 225 pages
Part I. Chain reactions -- The science and the scientists, 1895-1939 -- The first nuclear arms race, 1939-1943 -- Part II. Rapid assembly -- "One grand final exam day," 1943-1945 -- "I am become death" -- Part III. Two scorpions in a bottle -- Wasting assets, 1945-1952 -- The cross of iron -- "Solution unsatisfactory" -- ANADYR -- Part IV. "We all breathe the same air" -- The politics of parity -- Part V. The weapon of the weak -- Sweet dreams and suicide machines.