{"product_id":"the-nuclear-age-serhii-plokhy-9781802060607","title":"The Nuclear Age (Serhii Plokhy)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Few historians write with Serhii Plokhy's authority, clarity or global vision... Essential reading, and a marvellous book' Peter Frankopan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eChernobyl \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms race, from the first atomic bomb to today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the threat of mutually assured destruction kept a lid on a simmering and tense geopolitical landscape, events like the Chernobyl disaster and near-misses like the Cuban Missile Crisis showed that total destruction was only ever one malfunction, mistake, or miscommunication away. Now, as governments re-arm their nuclear arsenals, treaties designed to limit the acquisition and use of nuclear weapons fall away, and nuclear weapons come increasingly within reach of non-state actors, we are on the brink of a renaissance of the nuclear industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Nuclear Age\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed historian Serhii Plokhy paints an intricate picture of a world governed by fear. From the first artificial splitting of the atom in 1917 and the race to create the first atomic bomb in World War II, through the fraught arms race of the Cold War, to the imperialism, neo-colonial motivation and wars being waged today, the threat posed by nuclear weapons is as pertinent as ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he examines the motivations of key players, Plokhy confronts the crucial question of our age: what can we learn from the first nuclear arms race that can help us to stop the new one?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSerhii Plokhy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eChernobyl: History of a Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Pushkin House Book Prize, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Gates of Europe. \u003c\/i\u003eHis many acclaimed books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Russo-Ukrainian War, Nuclear Folly \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAtoms and Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ehave 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 432 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65815814603101,"sku":"K010046328","price":13.6,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1004632800001A.jpg?v=1788580275","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-nuclear-age-serhii-plokhy-9781802060607","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}