The Nuclear Spies : America's Atomic Intelligence Operation against Hitler and Stalin /

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"Explores why the United States government, considering how successfully it conducted the atomic intelligence effort against the Germans in World War II, was unable to create an effective atomic intelligence system to monitor Soviet scientific and nuclear capabilities"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Houghton, Vince (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nuclear weapons information.
Military intelligence.
Espionage, American.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Intelligence & Espionage.
Service des renseignements militaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre froide > Service des renseignements militaires.
Information sur les armes nucleaires > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Espionnage americain > URSS > Histoire.
Military intelligence > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Military intelligence.
World War, 1939-1945 > Military intelligence.
Nuclear weapons information > History > 20th century.
Espionage, American > Soviet Union > History.
Espionage, American > Germany > History > 20th century.
United States.
Soviet Union.
Germany.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the principal uncertainty
  • A reasonable fear : American (mis)perception of the German nuclear program
  • Making something out of nothing : the creation of American nuclear intelligence
  • Alsos : the mission to solve the mystery of the German bomb
  • Transitions : from the German threat to the Soviet menace
  • Regression : the post-war devolution of American nuclear intelligence
  • Whistling in the dark : American (mis)perception of the Soviet nuclear program
  • Conclusion : credit where credit is due

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