Title:
A short history of nuclear folly
JLCTITLE245:
Rudolph Herzog ; translated by Jefferson Chase.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Verstrahlte Westernheld und anderer Irrsinn aus dem Atomzeitalter. English
Publication Information:
Brooklyn : Melville House, 2013.
Physical Description:
252 p. : b ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781612191737
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.
Added Author:
Contents:
After the bomb, the world's most dangerous invention -- The red bomb -- The myth of tactical nuclear war -- The radioactive cowboy, or How Alaska got the bomb -- Swords into plowshares -- The doomsday machine -- Flying reactors -- How safe is safe? -- Atomic Australia -- The deadly detours of nuclear medicine -- Broken arrows.
Language:
Translated from the German.