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Atomic Bomb - or A-bomb, weapon deriving its explosive force from the release of atomic energy through the fission (splitting) of heavy nuclei (see nuclear energy). The first atomic bomb was produced at the Los Alamos, N.Mex., laboratory and successfully tested on July 16, 1945. This was the culmination of a large U.S. army program that was part of the Manhattan Project, led by Dr. Robert


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    The American Atom: A Documentary History of Nuclear Policies from the Discovery of Fission to the Present, 1939-1984 (1984) » Read Now

    by Robert C. Williams, Philip L. Cantelon. 333 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...Political Implications of Detonation of Atomic Bomb by the U.S.S.R.," Department...billion secret project to build an atomic bomb. Many documents associated with...the...
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    Historical Encyclopedia of Atomic Energy » Read Now

    by Stephen E. Atkins. 492 pgs.

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    From the Manhattan Project to Chernobyl, in war and in peace, this is the only encyclopedia to cover the many aspects of atomic energy in the 20th century. More than 450 alphabetically organized entries trace the history of atomic energy from the discovery of the explosive potential of the atom to...
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    Controlling the Atom in the 21st Century » Read Now

    by David P. O'Very, Christopher E. Paine, Dan W. Reicher. 398 pgs.

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    British, French and Chinese Nuclear Weapons » Read Now

    by Andrew S. Burrows, Richard W. Fieldhouse, Robert S. Norris. 438 pgs.

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    Israel and the Bomb » Read Now

    by Avner Cohen. 478 pgs.

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    Nuclear America: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States, 1940-1980 (Chap. 2 "The Radiance of a Thousand Suns": Development of the Atomic Bomb during World War II) » Read Now

    by Gerard H. Clarfield, William M. Wiecek. 518 pgs.

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    ...Thousand Suns" DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB DURING WORLD WAR II page...FDR to support research on an atomic bomb. December 1941 FDR approves...reaction. July 1945 First...
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    Atomic Weapons and Armies » Read Now

    by F. O. Miksche. 222 pgs.

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    ...the fire-effect of atomic weapons on the battlefields...advent of the Hydrogen bomb. Of course, so long as Russia has the H-bomb, we are bound to...aggression, upon...
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    The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb » Read Now

    by Dennis D. Wainstock. 184 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This book is a balanced account of the political, diplomatic, and military currents that influenced Japan's attempts to surrender and the United States's decision to drop the atomic bombs. Based on extensive research in both the United States and Japan, this book allows the reader to follow the...
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    Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan » Read Now

    by J. Samuel Walker. 144 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...War, 1939- 1945 -- Japan. 3. Atomic bomb. 4. United States -- Foreign...5 Test explosion of atomic bomb, July 16, 1945 57...8 Nagasaki before and after the atomic bomb 81 9...
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    The Atomic Bomb: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki » Read Now

    by Kyoko Selden, Mark Selden. 257 pgs.

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    Living with the Bomb: American and Japanese Cultural Conflicts in the Nuclear Age » Read Now

    by Laura Hein, Mark Selden. 302 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    The development and use of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki number among the formative national experiences for both Japanese and Americans, as well as for U.S.-Japan relations throughout the last half of the twentieth century. It is now clear, however, that memories and lessons learned...
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    Cold War Statesmen Confront the Bomb: Nuclear Diplomacy Since 1945 » Read Now

    by John Lewis Gaddis. 398 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Cold War Statesmen Confront the Bomb: Nuclear Diplomacy Since 1945 is a path-breaking work that uses biographical techniques to test one of the most important and widely debated questions in international politics: Did the advent of the nuclear bomb prevent the Third World War? Many scholars and...
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    The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945 » Read Now

    by Ferenc Morton Szasz. 236 pgs.

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    ...p. Includes index. 1. 1. Atomic bomb -- New Mexico -- Los Alamos...Project the code name for Americas atomic bomb program . Numerous participants...America in the...

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