British intelligence and the Soviet atomic bomb, 1945-1950

Journal of Strategic Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-151

  Goodman, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NUCLEAR WEAPON; WAR;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041530109     PISSN: 01402390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402390412331303005     Document Type: Article

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