A short history of nuclear folly mad scientists, dithering Nazis, lost nukes, and catastrophic cover-ups

Main Author:	Herzog, Rudolph.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English German
Published:	New York : London : Melville House ; Turnaround [distributor], 2013.
Subjects:	Nuclear accidents > History. Nuclear weapons > History. Nuclear energy > History.

Physical Description:	i, 252 p. 23 cm.
ISBN:	9781612191737 (hbk.) 1612191738 (hbk.)
Author Notes:	Rudolph Herzog is the author of Dead Funny: Humor in Hitler's Germany . His documentary on humor in the Third Reich, Laughing with Hitler , scored top audience ratings on German Channel 1 and was also broadcast on the BBC. He is the son of the celebrated filmmaker Werner Herzog. A documentary by Rudolph Herzog based on A Short History of Nuclear Folly was released in 2014. He is currently filming How to Sell a War . Jefferson Chase is one of the foremost translators of German history. He has translated Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Thomas Mann, and Götz Aly, among many other writers.