The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War by Craig, Campbell

The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War

An original study of the atomic bomb's key role in triggering the post-World War II confrontation between...
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The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War by Craig, Campbell

The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War

Dhs. 331.62

The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War

Dhs. 331.62
Author: Campbell Craig
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

An original study of the atomic bomb's key role in triggering the post-World War II confrontation between the US and the USSR

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 suicide, especially when news of Soviet atomic spies reached the public. Both superpowers, moreover, discerned a new reality of the atomic age: now, cooperation must be total. The dangers posed by the bomb meant that intermediate measures of international cooperation would protect no one. Yet no two nations in history were less prepared to pursue total cooperation than were the United States and the Soviet Union. The logic of the bomb pointed them toward immediate Cold War.



Author: Campbell Craig, Sergey S. Radchenko
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.49h x 6.31w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780300110289


Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 09/19/2008 pg. 21
Choice 08/01/2009

About the Author

Campbell Craig is professor of international relations at the University of Southampton. He lives in Salisbury, England. Sergey Radchenko is a tutorial follow in international history at the London School of Economics. He lives in London.




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