Gordin, Michael D.
Red cloud at dawn : Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly / Michael D. Gordin.
With the use of newly opened archives, "Red Cloud at Dawn" focuses on the extraordinary story of First Lightning--the first Soviet test bomb detonated in 1949--to provide a fresh understanding of the origins of the nuclear arms race, as well as the all-too-urgent problem of proliferation.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953.
Nuclear weapons -- History -- 20th century.
Arms race -- History -- 20th century.
World politics -- 1945-1955.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1991.