The Nuclear Age: Atomic Energy, Proliferation, and the Arms Race
- ISBN-10
- 0871874660
- ISBN-13
- 9780871874665
- Series
- The Nuclear Age
- Category
- Technology & Engineering / Power Resources / Nuclear
- Pages
- 340
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Congressional Quarterly
- Author
- William Sweet
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