Frenchman Flat

"A major work, highlighting the heroism and the absurdity of our atomic present" —The Atlantic The story of a single nuclear bomb’s deep origins, brief life during the Cold War, and lasting environmental and political legacies—as a fresh path to consider the entire sweep of the American nuclear enterprise. A grave reminder of the frightening truth about nuclear testing, as international norms waver. As the US and Russia let one treaty after another falter and expire, this urgent book