Bomb A Life

Name: Bomb A Life
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ISBN: 9780674022355

ISBN-10: 0674022351

ISBN-13: 9780674022355

Edition: 2004

Authors: Gerard J. DeGroot

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Bombs are as old as hatred itself. But it was the twentieth century--one hundred years of incredible scientific progress and terrible war--that brought forth the Big One, the Bomb, humanity's most powerful and destructive invention. In The Bomb: A Life, Gerard DeGroot tells the story of this once unimaginable weapon that--at least since 8:16 a.m. on August 6, 1945--has haunted our dreams and threatened our existence. The Bomb has killed hundreds of thousands outright, condemned many more to lingering deaths, and made vast tracts of land unfit for life. For decades it dominated the psyches of millions, becoming a touchstone of popular culture, celebrated or decried in mass political…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/31/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Gerard J. DeGroot is professor of modern history at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland. He is the author of ten books, most recently The Bomb: A Life, which won the prestigious [2004] Westminster Medal for the best book on a war or military topic.