Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race

the making of the nuclear arms race

by Richard Rhodes

386 pages

English language

Published March 25, 2008 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-375-71394-1

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akmassey reviewed Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race by Richard Rhodes

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3 stars

This is more of a history of nuclear weapons in the the Cold War than the making of the nuclear arms race.

Stuart Woodward reviewed Arsenals of Folly : the Making of the Nuclear Arms Race by Richard Rhodes

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5 stars

A good history of the end of end of Cold War and the winding down of the tensions during Nuclear Arms reduction talks. Also covers the effect of Chernobyl on the thinking of the Soviet Leadership.

Subjects

Nuclear weapons
Arms race