A history of nuclear weapons, from the Manhattan Project which built the atomic bombs, to the "Mike" test which paved the way for the hydrogen bomb, to the "war on terror" which seeks an entire new generation of "earth-penetrating" nuclear bombs. From offocial histories and declassified reports.
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excellent source of our early nuclear history,
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This review is from: Hell's Fire: A Documentary History of the American Atomic and Thermonuclear Weapons Projects, From Hiroshima to the Cold War and the War on Terror (Paperback)
If you wish a concise history of our early nuclear weapons history, this is an excellent source. The authors spend much time explaining the Manhatten Projet but not enough with the Thermonuclear weapons developed after the end of WW II. Even with this slight, the book is interesting and worth purchasing.
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This is a good read-if you like reading about mass destruction and the power of the split atom. But I think that some people don't understand that nuclear power plant meltdowns and meltthroughs are far more harmful-in the long term. Try reading Atomic Power: Necessary Evil or Virtually Uncontrollable Force that's Wrecking the Planet?.
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