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Epilogue

The Historian as Historical Actor

from Part II - Living with the Bomb

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2024

Mark Walker
Mark Walker
Affiliation:
Union College, New York
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The author of this book, Mark Walker, interacted with two of the main protagonists, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker and Robert Jungk, without initially understanding that he had thereby become himself a historical actor in the very history he was writing.

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Robert JungkMark WalkerCarl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
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Hitler's Atomic Bomb
History, Legend, and the Twin Legacies of Auschwitz and Hiroshima
 , pp. 272 - 274
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Epilogue
  • Mark Walker, Union College, New York
  • Book: Hitler's Atomic Bomb
  • Online publication: 18 July 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009479264.016
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  • Epilogue
  • Mark Walker, Union College, New York
  • Book: Hitler's Atomic Bomb
  • Online publication: 18 July 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009479264.016
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  • Epilogue
  • Mark Walker, Union College, New York
  • Book: Hitler's Atomic Bomb
  • Online publication: 18 July 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009479264.016
Available formats
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