Physical Description:371 p., [16] p. of plates : ill ; 24 cm. print
Publisher:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-355) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The world's atom -- Great Britain : refugees, air power, and the possibility of the bomb -- Japan and Germany : paths not taken -- The United States I : imagining and building the bomb -- The United States II : using the bomb -- Japan : the atomic bombs and war's end -- The Soviet Union : the bomb and the Cold War -- The world's bomb -- Epilogue : nightmares and hopes.