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Manhattan, the Army and the atomic bomb / by Vincent C. Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Vincent C., 1915- author.
- Series:
- United States Army in World War II. Special studies
- CMH pub ; 11-10.
- CMH pub ; 11-10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manhattan Project (U.S.).
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Manhattan District--History.
- United States.
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Manhattan District.
- United States. Army.
- Atomic bomb--United States--History.
- Atomic bomb.
- World War, 1939-1945--History.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Nuclear Warfare--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Nuclear Warfare--history.
- Genre:
- Digital images.
- Online resources.
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 660 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, 1985.
- Summary:
- The role of the War Department, Manhattan District, and other Army agencies and individuals from 1939 through World War II in developing and employing the atomic bomb.
- Contents:
- The army and the atomic energy program, 1939-1942
- Establishing the Manhattan district
- First steps for weapon development
- General Groves takes command
- Organizing for production
- The electromagnetic process
- The gaseous diffusion process
- The liquid thermal diffusion process
- The pile process
- Anglo-American collaboration
- Security
- Foreign intelligence operations
- The raw materials program
- The feed materials program
- Land acquisition
- Manpower procurement
- Manpower conservation
- Electric power
- Communications and transportation
- Health and safety
- The atomic communities in Tennessee
- The atomic communities in Washington state
- The atomic communities in New Mexico
- The Los Alamos weapon program
- Weapon development and testing
- The atomic bombing of Japan
- The atomic age and its problems
- The army and the atomic energy program, 1945-1947.
- Notes:
- Print version no longer for sale by the Supt. of Docs.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-626) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Online resource, PDF version; title from PDF title page (CMH, viewed August 21, 2018).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Jones, Vincent C., 1915- Manhattan, the Army and the atomic bomb
- OCLC:
- 610219299
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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