The Bomb: Michael Gordin on August 1945, the U.S. Nuclear Monopoly, and Dr. Strangelove
We interview Princeton University's Michael Gordin on the Cold War, the U.S. nuclear monopoly, and Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. Discover the "Two Bomb Myth", why the Soviets became a nuclear power so quickly, and how closely Dr. Strangelove portrays the reality of nuclear protocol.