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The ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the birth of the modern arms race / Priscilla J. McMillan ; foreword by Martin J. Sherwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McMillan, Priscilla Johnson, 1928-2021, author.
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins nuclear history and contemporary affairs.
- Johns Hopkins nuclear history and contemporary affairs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert.
- Teller, Edward, 1908-2003.
- Teller, Edward.
- Manhattan Project (U.S.).
- Physicists--United States--Biography.
- Physicists.
- Atomic bomb--United States--History.
- Atomic bomb.
- Nuclear physics--United States--History--20th century.
- Nuclear physics.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (283 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- 2018.
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- A chilling tale of McCarthy-era machinations, this groundbreaking page-turner rewrites the history of the Cold War.
- Contents:
- Foreword / by Martin J. Sherwin
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part one. 1945-1949. David Lilienthal's vacation
- The maneuvering begins
- The Halloween meeting
- The secret debate
- Lost opportunities
- Part two. 1950. Fuchs's betrayal
- Fission versus fusion
- Teller
- Ulam
- Part three. 1951-1952. Teller's choice
- The second lab
- A new era
- Part four. 1952-1954. Sailing close to the wind
- Strauss returns
- Two wild horses
- The blank wall
- Hoover
- The hearing begins
- Smyth
- Borden
- Caesar's wife
- Do we really need scientists?
- Oppenheimer
- We made it
- and we gave it away
- Postlude.
- Notes:
- "First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2005. Published in Penguin Books 2006."--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-342) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-2568-8
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