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100 1  $a McMillan, Priscilla Johnson, $d 1928- $e author.
245 14 $a The ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the birth of the modern arms race / $b And the Birth of the Modern Arms Race $c Priscilla J. McMillan ; foreword by Martin J. Sherwin.
264  1 $a Baltimore, Maryland : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2018.
300    $a xvi, 373 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm.
490 1  $a Johns Hopkins nuclear history and contemporary affairs
500    $a "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.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-342) and index.
505 0  $a 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.
520    $a Draws from previously classified documents, unpublished manuscripts, private correspondence, and other sources to chronicle the events that surrounded the revocation of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance in 1954, discussing the roles ofphysicist Edward Teller, Republican businessman Lewis Strauss, congressional assistant William Borden, and President Eisenhower.-- $c Source other than Library of congress.
600 14 $a Oppenheimer, J. Robert, $d 1904-1967.
600 14 $a Teller, Edward, $d 1908-2003.
610 24 $a Manhattan Project (U.S.)
650  4 $a Physicists $z United States $v Biography.
650  4 $a Atomic bomb $z United States $x History.
650  4 $a Nuclear physics $z United States $x History $y 20th century.
700 1  $a Sherwin, Martin J., $e author of introduction, etc.
830  0 $a Johns Hopkins nuclear history and contemporary affairs.
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