The Advisors - Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb

This volume looks at the technical, strategic, and human aspects of the debate that led to the decision to build the first hydrogen bomb. Based on participants experience of "Project Superbomb", and declassified papers the book explains the background to this acceleration of the nuclear arms race.

Summary

This volume looks at the technical, strategic, and human aspects of the debate that led to the decision to build the first hydrogen bomb. Based on participants experience of "Project Superbomb", and declassified papers the book explains the background to this acceleration of the nuclear arms race.

Product details

• Authors: York Herbert, Herbert F. York
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1989
• EAN: 9780804717137
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-1713-7
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series; Stanford Series in Philosophy; Stanford Nuclear Age Series
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration