Snake dance : journeys beneath a nuclear sky
Marnham, Patrick2013
Book
In this journey across continents and centuries, Patrick Marnham explores the ruthless dictators, dangerous minds and prehistoric precedents behind the development of nuclear power. The terrifying, awe-inspiring first use of nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 was the most controversial act of warfare in human history, dramatically ending the Second World War but ushering in an uncertain new age. Yet it was also the culmination of a story that extends beyond Japan and Washington, and well beyond the 1940s: decades of personal sacrifice, centuries of colonial exploitation and millennia of primitive legend. In 'Snake Dance', Patrick Marnham traces this complex story, travelling from the opulent 19th-century palaces of King Leopold II of Belgium to the dangerously derelict nuclear reactor of modern-day Kinshasa.
Main title:
Snake dance : journeys beneath a nuclear sky / Patrick Marnham.
Author:
Marnham, Patrick, author
Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2013.London : Chatto & Windus, 2013.
Collation:
331 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780701184728 (hbk)
Dewey class:
355.021709355.021709 MAR
Language:
English
BRN:
1208998