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The Bomb: A Life

by Gerard J. DeGroot · 2004

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This is the life story of the atom bomb from its birth at the turn of the century to a childhood in the New Mexico desert of the 1940s, from early adulthood in Nagasaki to unsettling maturity in missile silos all over the globe.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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Cold WarCold WarMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 400 pages

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