Super Bomb : : Organizational Conflict and the Development of the Hydrogen Bomb /

Super Bomb : : Organizational Conflict and the Development of the Hydrogen Bomb / / Warner R. Schilling, Ken Young.

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Super Bomb unveils the story of the events leading up to President Harry S. Truman's 1950 decision to develop a "super," or hydrogen, bomb. That fateful decision and its immediate consequences are detailed in a diverse and complete account built on newly released archives and previous...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Young, Ken,
Schilling, Warner R.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]
©2019
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 1 b&w line drawing
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Shock of the "New World"
  • 2. Advising on the Super
  • 3. A Decision Reached
  • 4. Moral and Political Consequences
  • 5. Dissent and Development
  • 6. Tactical Diversions
  • 7. Rewriting Los Alamos
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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