The Nuclear Spies : : America's Atomic Intelligence Operation against Hitler and Stalin / / Vince Houghton.
Why did the US intelligence services fail so spectacularly to know about the Soviet Union's nuclear capabilities following World War II? As Vince Houghton, historian and curator of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC, shows us, that disastrous failure came just a few years after the...
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| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: The Principal Uncertainty
- 1. A Reasonable Fear: The U.S. (Mis)Perception of the German Nuclear Program
- 2. Making Something out of Nothing: The Creation of U.S. Nuclear Intelligence
- 3. Alsos: The Mission to Solve the Mystery of the German Bomb
- 4. Transitions: From the German Threat to the Soviet Menace
- 5. Regression: The Postwar Devolution of U.S. Nuclear Intelligence
- 6. Whistling in the Dark: The U.S. (Mis)Perception of the Soviet Nuclear Program
- Conclusion: Credit Where Credit Is Due
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index