York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)

Making Weapons, Talking Peace: A Physicist's Odyssey from Hiroshima to Geneva

New York: Basic Books, c1987. First Printing. 24 cm, 359, illus., ink name on front endpaper, DJ worn, soiled, and creased, some yellow highlighting to text, a few pages creased. The author worked on the first atomic bomb. Later, as the Director of Defense Research and Engineering under Eisenhower, he was responsible for all defense-related research. Under Carter he served as chief negotiator at the Comprehensive Test Ban talks. Condition: good, fair.

Keywords: Military Research, R&D, ADPA, Nuclear Test Ban, Ernest Lawrence, Edward Teller, Dwight Eisenhower, Pugwash

ISBN: 0465043380

[Book #32688]

Price: $33.75