The Nuclear Age
an epic race for arms, power and survival
$85.37
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
20 November 2025
Summary
The Nuclear Age: A World Governed by Fear
From the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms race, from the first atomic bomb to today.
On 16 July 1945, the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first atomic bomb and the words of J. Robert Oppenheimer- ‘Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’
While the threat of mutually assured destruction kept a lid on a simmering and tense geopolitical landsc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241582862 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241582865 |
| Author: | Serhii Plokhy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Allen Lane |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 20 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 750g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 156mm x 40mm |
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About The Author
Serhii Plokhy
Serhii Plokhy is the author of Chernobyl- History of a Tragedy, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Pushkin House Book Prize, and the New York Times bestseller The Gates of Europe. His many acclaimed books, including The Russo-Ukrainian War, Nuclear Folly and Atoms and Ashes, have been translated into over a dozen languages. He is Professor of History at Harvard University where he also serves as Director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
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