Red cloud at dawn

Description:

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.

subjects: Foreign relations,  History,  Nuclear weapons,  World politics,  Arms race,  Proliferation,  Kernwaffe,  Atomwaffe,  Rüstungswettlauf,  Diplomatic relations,  Außenpolitik,  Rüstung,  Truman, harry s., 1884-1972,  Stalin, joseph, 1879-1953,  World politics, 1945-,  United states, foreign relations, soviet union,  Soviet union, foreign relations, united states,  United states, foreign relations, 1945-1961,  Soviet union, foreign relations, 1945-1991,  Proliferation (Militär)

People: Joseph Stalin (1879-1953),  Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)

Places: United States,  Soviet Union

Times: 20th century,  1945-1991,  1945-1953,  1945-1955