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Super bomb : organizational conflict and the development of the hydrogen bomb / Ken Young and Warner R. Schilling.

LIBRA UG1282.A8 Y68 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Young, Ken, 1943-2019, author.
Schilling, Warner R. (Warner Roller), 1925-2013, author.
Series:
Cornell studies in security affairs
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hydrogen bomb--United States--History.
Hydrogen bomb.
Hydrogen bomb--Government policy--United States--History.
Arms race--History--20th century.
Arms race.
History.
Government policy.
United States--Military policy.
United States.
Military policy.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
Politics and government.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xvii, 221 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Summary:
"Addresses the question of why President Harry Truman decided to go ahead and develop the H-bomb and with what means dissenters opposed it for several years afterward"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The shock of the "new world"
Advising on the Super
A decision reached
Moral and political consequences
Dissent and development
Tactical diversions
Rewriting Los Alamos.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Young, Ken (Director). Super bomb.
ISBN:
9781501745164
1501745166
OCLC:
1099539357

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