1987 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner
![The Making of the Atomic Bomb](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580854025-59492-image-3.jpg)
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](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580872993-825-image-3.jpg)
And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic
Randy Shilts
![Democracy Is in the Streets,](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581027786-6130-image-3.jpg)
Democracy Is in the Streets,
James Miller
![Genius of the People](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581016832-5229-image-3.jpg)
Genius of the People
Charles Mee
![Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/no-image-2-image-3.jpg)