Fallout : conspiracy, cover-up, and the deceitful case for the atom bomb /: conspiracy, cover-up, and the deceitful case for the atom bomb. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Watson.
• Authors: Watson, Peter, 1943-
• Contents: Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface -- Cover-Up: 'When the Righteous Sin'; PART ONE Incognito: Klaus Fuchs and Niels Bohr; 1. Zigzag; PART TWO The Overestimate of the Germans; 2. The Taste of Fear: The Menace of Fission; 3. The Beginnings of a 'Strategic Game'; 4. Struggles over Secrecy; 5. The Midwives; 6. The Strategic Sabotage of Heavy Water; 7. The First Glimpses of Germany's Nuclear Secrets; 8. The 'Crown Jewel' of Secrets; 9. Intelligence Blackout: The Fatal Mistake; 10. Fall Out; 11. 'Hard Evidence' of Soviet Spying; 12. The Secret Agenda of General Groves. 13. The Bohr Scare14. A Vital Clue Vanishes; 15. 'Don't Bother Me With Your Scruples': The Loss of Innocence; 16. The Claws of the Bear; PART THREE Lives in Parallel: Niels Bohr and Klaus Fuchs; 17. The Little Fox; 18. Lunch in the Supreme Court; 19. 'The Mission He Had Been Waiting For'; 20. A President 'Eager for Help'; 21. The Letter from Moscow; 22. The Prime Minister's Mistake; 23. The Bomb in Trouble: Mistakes at Los Alamos; 24. The President's Mistake; PART FOUR The Underestimate of the Russians; 25. Bohr and Stalin; 26. Fuchs: Shining in the Shadows; Photos; Acknowledgements; About the AuthorNotes; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : PublicAffairs
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 940.53/2273; World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history; Atomic bomb -- Political aspects; Atomic bomb -- United States -- History; Atomic bomb -- Soviet Union -- History; Nuclear arms control; Cold War; HISTORY -- Military -- Nuclear Warfare; Atomic bomb; Atomic bomb -- Political aspects; Diplomatic history; Diplomatic relations; Nuclear arms control; United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1991; Soviet Union; United States; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781541742093; 1541742095; 9781610399623; 1610399625
• Related ISBNs: 1610399617; 9781610399616
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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