First published in 1976, The Advisors is an absorbing look at the technical, strategic, and human aspects of the great debate that led to the decision to build the first hydrogen bomb, Based on the author's own participation in Project Superbomb, on interviews with other participants, and on declassified documents, this book explains the complete background to this major acceleration of the nuclear arms race.
For this reissue, the author has written a new Preface and Epilogue. The reissue also includes a recently declassified essay by Hans A. Bethe discussing the history of the H-bomb project from his unique vantage point as Director of the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos. He has revised the essay specifically for inclusion in this book.
| ISBN: | 9780804717137 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 1989 |
| Author: | Herbert F York |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 201 pages |
| Series: | Stanford Nuclear Age Series |
| Genres: |
Military engineering |
First published in 1976, The Advisors is an absorbing look at the technical, strategic, and human aspects of the great debate that led to the decision to build the first hydrogen bomb, Based on the author's own participation in Project Superbomb, on interviews with other participants, and on declassified documents, this book explains the complete background to this major acceleration of the nuclear arms race.
For this reissue, the author has written a new Preface and Epilogue. The reissue also includes a recently declassified essay by Hans A. Bethe discussing the history of the H-bomb project from his unique vantage point as Director of the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos. He has revised the essay specifically for inclusion in this book.
The Advisors features in the following genres: Military engineering
The Advisors is available in Hardback, Paperback
The Advisors was written by Herbert F York and published by Stanford University Press
The Advisors has 201 pages
Yes it is part of Stanford Nuclear Age Series series