Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb. From: The Economist (US) | Date: October 7, 1995 | COPYRIGHT 1995 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

DARK SUN: THE MAKING OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB. By Richard Rhodes. Simon and Schuster; 731 pages; $32.50

I DO not intend to go down in history as the greatest mass murderer since Adolf Hitler."

"Perhaps it might be better, Mr President, if you concerned yourself more about the American people than your image in history books."

Histories of the cold war--the only one fought principally with unused weapons--should have the hydrogen bomb at their heart, as did th...

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