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Red cloud at dawn

Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly

by Michael D. Gordin

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With the use of newly opened archives, "Red Cloud at Dawn" focuses on the extraordinary story of First Lightning--the first Soviet test bomb detonated in 1949--to provide a fresh understanding of the origins of the nuclear arms race, as well as the all-too-urgent problem of proliferation.

Foreign relationsHistoryNuclear weaponsWorld politicsArms raceProliferationKernwaffeAtomwaffeRüstungswettlaufDiplomatic relationsAußenpolitikRüstung