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Snake Dance: Journeys Beneath a Nuclear Sky

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Description for Snake Dance: Journeys Beneath a Nuclear Sky Paperback. The terrifying first use of nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 was the most controversial act of warfare in history, dramatically ending the Second World War but ushering in the age of mass destruction. This book tells a story that extends beyond Japan and Washington. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.

The terrifying first use of nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 was the most controversial act of warfare in history, dramatically ending the Second World War but ushering in the age of mass destruction. Yet it was also the climax of a story that extends beyond Japan and Washington: the culmination of decades of scientific achievement and centuries of colonial exploitation.

Snake Dance is the account of a journey that turned into a quest to discover how humanity reaches this point. Patrick Marnham travels from the opulent nineteenth-century palaces of King Leopold II of ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099542247
SKU
V9780099542247
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About Patrick Marnham
Patrick Marnham is a biographer and travel writer. He began his career as a reporter on Private Eye and has written for many newspapers including the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, the New York Times and Libération. He has worked as a BBC script writer and a special correspondent in Africa, the Middle East and Central America. He ... Read more

Reviews for Snake Dance: Journeys Beneath a Nuclear Sky
A beautifully written book – informative and entertaining
Piers Paul Read
Spectator
Fascinating… Snake Dance is nothing less than the biography of nuclear power, the most awesome force humanity has yet unleashed upon the planet
Peter Whittakar
New Internationalist
[Patrick Marnham’s] mastery of a vast trove of material makes him an erudite travel companion…perennially ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Snake Dance: Journeys Beneath a Nuclear Sky


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