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Red Cloud at Dawn : Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly by Michael D. Gordin is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed First Lightning, exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. The startling event was not simply a technical experiment that confirmed the ability of the Soviet Union to build nuclear bombs during a period when the United States held a steadfast monopoly; it was also an international event that marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the two superpowers.</p><p> </p><p>Following a trail of
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Michael D. Gordin
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780374256821
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Military, Fiction, Weapons
- Rating
- 3.44 / 5 (29 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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