Doomsday Men

P D Smith

RRP: £12.99

Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP

Publication Date : 25/09/2008

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Tells the untold story of the doomsday bomb and the personalities behind the technologies of nuclear doomsday. 'He puts the nuclear age into a new context' "Financial Times".

Publisher's description:

It was the weapon to end all weapons: the doomsday device. A huge nuclear bomb so powerful that it could envelop the entire planet in a cloud of radioactive dust, and bring about instant extinction. This book tells the story of the Cold War's most insane plan, the men behind it and how it nearly happened.

ISBN: 9780141019154