David Holloway. Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy 1939–1956. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1994. Pp. xvi, 464. $30.00

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216 Reviews of Books he was receiving on atomic research in the West. But-and this is attested to by Soviet archival documents that have been made available-it was Beria who initiated and directed the ambitious atomic espionage effort from the beginning of the war. And it was Beria who, in early 1942, first drew Stalin's attention to American and British plans for an atomic bomb. This book offers few new insights into the actual process of decision making under Stalin because it is based on the traditional premise that Stalin himself made all the decisions on key issues. Thus, it tells us little about the impact of leadership politics on Soviet policies toward the atomic bomb and relations with the West. Holloway assumes that Stalin was in complete control of policy making until his death, hut there is much new evidence to indicate that in fact his subordinates, although clearly afraid of Stalin and outwardly subservient to …

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1996

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