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The Prometheus bomb : the Manhattan Project and government in the dark /

"The exploration of how key government officials were unaware of the implications of developing the first atomic bomb during World War II, leaving the lives of millions of Americans in the hands of a few brilliant scientists"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sullivan, Neil J., 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Squash Court in Chicago; 2. FDR and the Einstein Letter; 3. A Bungled Start; 4. The President's Man and the Liberal State; 5. MAUD- Working with the British; 6. The German Bomb; 7. Secrets and Spies; 8. Congress Rebounds; 9. The Transition to Truman; 10. Hiroshima; 11. Science and Democracy; Notes; Bibliography; Index.