Frenchman Flat: The Rise and Fall of Atomic Bombs
Priscilla, a single shot there during Operation Plumbbob, forms the stupefying centerpiece of Else’s book. He’s a limber writer, equally alive to atrocity and irony.
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Through absorbing, sharp-eyed prose, the book traces the entire history of atomic bombs ... The historical and scientific narrative is punctuated by personal stories ... Gripping.
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An important account of nuclear hubris and its incompletely tallied costs.
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