Includes bibliographical references (page 431) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: Desert -- 1939/1943 -- January to June 1944 -- Mid-June to mid-August 1944 -- Late August to early November 1944 -- Early November through December 1944 -- January to mid-February 1945 -- Late February to mid-March 1945 -- Late March 1945 -- Early April to mid-April 1945 -- Late April 1945 -- Early May 1945, part I -- Early May 1945, part II -- Mid-may 1945 -- Late May to early June 1945 -- Mid to late June 1945 -- July 1945, week 1 -- July 1945, week 2 -- Mid-July 1945 -- July 15, 1945 -- July 16, 1945 -- Late July through August 1945 -- Remainder of 1945 -- 1946 -- 1947/1948 -- 1949/1951 -- 1952/1964 -- 1965 to the present -- Appendices -- A. General Groves, General Patton and the California-Arizona Maneuver Area.
Summary:
"It was not Robert Oppenheimer who built the bomb--it was engineers, chemists and young physicists. Drawing on original documents, many recently declassified, the author sheds new light on a pivotal moment in history--now approaching its 75th anniversary--told from the point of view of the men who inaugurated the Atomic Age in the New Mexico desert"-- Provided by publisher.
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