1987 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner

The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhode
Twenty-five years after its initial publication, The Making of the Atomic Bomb remains the definitive history of nuclear weapons and the Manhattan Project. From the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan…
1987 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Shortlist

And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic
Randy Shilts

Democracy Is in the Streets,
James Miller

Genius of the People
Charles Mee
