Bibliograph

A short history of nuclear folly, [mad scientists, dithering Nazis, lost nukes, and catastrophic cover-ups], Rudolph Herzog ; translated by Jefferson Chase

Type

Label

A short history of nuclear folly, [mad scientists, dithering Nazis, lost nukes, and catastrophic cover-ups], Rudolph Herzog ; translated by Jefferson Chase

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A short history of nuclear folly

Oclc number

822959895

Responsibility statement

Rudolph Herzog ; translated by Jefferson Chase

Sub title

[mad scientists, dithering Nazis, lost nukes, and catastrophic cover-ups]

Summary

"A blackly sardonic people's history of atomic blunders and near-misses revealing the hushed-up and forgotten episodes in which the great powers gambled with catastrophe."--Jacket flap

Table Of Contents

After the bomb, the world's most dangerous invention -- The red bomb -- The myth of tactical nuclear war -- The radioactive cowboy, or How Alaska got the bomb -- Swords into plowshares -- The doomsday machine -- Flying reactors -- How safe is safe? -- Atomic Australia -- The deadly detours of nuclear medicine -- Broken arrows

Target audience

adult

Classification