Special Guest: Richard Rhodes

Studio 360

Kurt talks with author Richard Rhodes about the atomic bomb.

Rhodes won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for his definitive history: The Making of the Atomic Bomb. His other books include Dark Sun, about the making of the hydrogen bomb, and Masters of Death, about a Nazi task force that executed over 1.5 million people. Rhodes is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and is currently working on a history of nuclear issues since the end of the Cold War.

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