Danger and Survival: Choices about the Bomb in the First Fifty Years
McGeorge Bundy
Bundy, a former special assistant for national security under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, explores the history of the nuclear bomb.
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- Vintage
- Year
- 1990
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Nuclear weaponsCold WarNational security policy
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1989)
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1989)
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