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Author:

Farmelo, Graham.

Title:

Churchill's bomb : how the United States overtook Britain in the first nuclear arms race / Graham Farmelo.

Publisher:

Basic Booksa member of the Perseus Books Group,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

554 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain--History--History--20th century.
Churchill, Winston,--1874-1965--Military leadership.
Cherwell, Frederick Alexander Lindemann,--Viscount,--1886-1957.
World War, 1939-1945--Science--Great Britain.
Nuclear weapons--History.--Great Britain--History.
Atomic bomb--Great Britain--History.
Nuclear weapons--History.--United States--History.
Great Britain--Military relations--United States.
United States--Military relations--Great Britain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-532) and index.

Contents:

Towards the nuclear age -- World War II -- Churchill as leader of the opposition -- Churchill's second premiership.

Summary:

Describes how the science behind Britain's nuclear arms advances at the beginning of World War II was given to America because Winston Churchill didn't fully believe in the physicists' research or the implications of such powerful weaponry.

ISBN:

0465069894 (e-book)
9780465069897 (e-book)
0465021956 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780465021956 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)858935268

LCCN:

2013940827

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)