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Red Cloud At Dawn Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly
by Gordin, Michael D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374256829
- ISBN 13
- 9780374256821
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374256829 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, light creasing of dustjacket.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 6.47 X 1.335 X 9.29 inches; 402 pages; "On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed First Lightning, exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. The startling event was not simply a technical experiment that confirmed the ability of the Soviet Union to build nuclear bombs during a period when the United States held a steadfast monopoly; it was also an international event that marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the two superpowers." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20841
- Title
- Red Cloud At Dawn Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly
- Author
- Gordin, Michael D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0374256829
- ISBN 13
- 9780374256821
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- 0374256829, Cold war, RUSSIA, stalin, truman, Atomic Bomb
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...