| Title |
Nuclear Age : An Epic Race for Arms Power and Survival |
| Sub Title |
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| Author(s) |
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| Call No |
355.825 PLO |
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| ISBN |
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| Volume |
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| Publisher Name |
Penguin Books |
| Publishing Year |
2025 |
| Edition |
1st |
| Pages |
422 |
| Price |
0.00 PKR |
| Text Language |
English |
| Available |
Yes, Accessions:[ 53007 ] |
| Description |
"The nuclear age came into existence with the explosion of the first atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945. The inauguration of this new era was epitomized by the bomb's principal creator, J. Robert Oppenheimer, quoting the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." Since then, the era of the atom has become the age of the bomb -- or two bombs: atomic and hydrogen. In The Nuclear Age, Serhii Plokhy, one of our preeminent Cold War historians, explores why gov |
| Keywords |
Nuclear Warfare; Arms Race; Nazis-Friends; Transatlantic Alliance; Star Wars; Preemptive War |