The Nuclear Age, 9780241797624
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Fear, destruction, and a new arms race: are we doomed?
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The Nuclear Age

an epic race for arms, power and survival

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  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    27 October 2025

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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 geopoliti…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241797624
ISBN-10:0241797624
Author:Serhii Plokhy
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Allen Lane
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:27 October 2025
Weight:0g
Dimensions:1mm x 1mm x 1mm
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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