TY  - GEN
T1  - The atomic bomb and the origins of the Cold War
A1  - Craig, Campbell, 1964-
A1  - Radchenko, Sergey
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2008
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn567973929
AB  - After a devastating world war, culminating in the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was clear that the United States and the Soviet Union had to establish a cooperative order if the planet was to escape an atomic World War III. In this provocative study, Campbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko show how the atomic bomb pushed the United States and the Soviet Union not toward cooperation but toward deep biploar confrontation. Joseph Stalin, sure that the Americans meant to deploy their new weapon against Russia and defeat socialism, would stop at nothing to build his own bomb. Harry Truman, initially willing to consider cooperation, discovered that its pursuit would mean political suicide, especially when news of Soviet atomic spies reached the public. Both superpowers, moreover, discerned a new reality of the new atomic age: now, cooperation must be total. The dangers posed by the bomb meant that intermediate measures of international cooperation would protect no one. Yet no two nations in history were less prepared to pursue total cooperation than were the United States and the Soviet Union. The logic of the bomb pointed them toward immediate Cold War.
OP  - 201
CN  - D843 .C67 2008eb
SN  - 9780300142655
SN  - 030014265X
SN  - 1282088475
SN  - 9781282088474
SN  - 9786612088476
SN  - 6612088478
SN  - 9780300110289
SN  - 0300110286
KW  - Cold War.
KW  - Atomic bomb : Political aspects.
KW  - United States : Foreign relations : Soviet Union.
KW  - Soviet Union : Foreign relations : United States.
KW  - United States : Foreign relations : 1945-1953.
KW  - Soviet Union : Foreign relations : 1945-1991.
KW  - Guerre froide.
KW  - Bombe atomique : Aspect politique.
KW  - États-Unis : Relations extérieures : URSS.
KW  - URSS : Relations extérieures : États-Unis.
KW  - États-Unis : Relations extérieures : 1945-1953.
KW  - URSS : Relations extérieures : 1945-1991.
KW  - HISTORY : Modern.
KW  - HISTORY : Modern : 20th Century.
KW  - Atomic bomb : Political aspects
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - United States
KW  - Kernwaffe
KW  - Außenpolitik
KW  - Ost-West-Konflikt
KW  - Sowjetunion
KW  - USA
KW  - Kernwapens.
KW  - Koude Oorlog.
KW  - Ontstaansgeschiedenis.
KW  - Verenigde Staten.
KW  - Sovjet-Unie.
KW  - 1945-1991
KW  - Computer network resources.
ER  -