TY - BOOK AU - Berger,Albert I. TI - Life and times of the atomic bomb: nuclear weapons and the transformation of warfare SN - 9780765619853 U1 - 355.021709 PY - 2016/// CY - New York, London PB - Routledge KW - Atomic bomb KW - History KW - Nuclear arms control KW - Nuclear weapons KW - Nuclear warfare N1 - 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 ER -