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Title: ARMAGEDDON AND PARANOIA
THE NUCLEAR CONFRONTATION
By: Sir Rodric Braithwaite
Format: Hardback

List price: £25.00


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ISBN 10: 1781257191
ISBN 13: 9781781257197
Publisher: PROFILE BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 21 September, 2017
Edition: Main
Pages: 512
Translated from: English
Synopsis: In 1945, the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and old ideas of warfare came to an end. This book tells how the power of the atom was harnessed to produce weapons capable of destroying human civilisation.There were few villains in the story. On both sides of the Iron Curtain, dedicated scientists cracked the secrets of nature, dutiful military men planned to use the bomb in war, politicians contemplated with a potentially intolerable decision. Patriotic citizens acquiesced in the idea that their country needed the ultimate means of defence. Some tried to grapple with the unanswerable question: what end could possibly be served by such a fearsome means? Those who protested went unheard. None wanted to start a nuclear war, but all were paranoid. The danger of war by accident or misjudgement was never entirely absent.Rodric Braithwaite, author of bestsellers Moscow 1941 and Afgantsy, paints a vivid and thought-provoking portrait of this intense period in history. Its implications are as relevant today as they ever were, as ignorant and thoughtless talk about nuclear war begins to spread once more.
Illustrations: 16 page plate section
Publication: UK
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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