Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War

Name: Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War
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ISBN: 9780300110289

ISBN-10: 0300110286

ISBN-13: 9780300110289

Edition: 2008

Authors: Campbell Craig, Sergey S. Radchenko, Sergey S. Radchenko

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"After a devastating world war, culminating in the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was clear that the United States and the Soviet Union had to establish a cooperative order if the planet was to escape an atomic World War III." "In this provocative study, Campbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko show how the atomic bomb pushed the United States and the Soviet Union not toward cooperation but toward deep bipolar confrontation. Joseph Stalin, sure that the Americans meant to deploy their new weapon against Russia and defeat socialism, would stop at nothing to build his own bomb. Harry Truman, initially willing to consider cooperation, discovered that its pursuit would mean political…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/23/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Campbell Craig is Professor of International Politics, Aberystwyth University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Atomic Wartime Diplomacy



The Great Game



Truman, the Bomb, and the End of World War II



Responding to Hiroshima and Nagasaki



The Baruch Plan and the Onset of American Cold War



Stalin and the Burial of International Control


Conclusion


Notes


Index