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Author:

McMillan, Priscilla Johnson, 1928- author.

Title:

The ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the birth of the modern arms race / And the Birth of the Modern Arms Race Priscilla J. McMillan ; foreword by Martin J. Sherwin.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvi, 373 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Oppenheimer, J. Robert,--1904-1967.
Teller, Edward,--1908-2003.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Physicists--United States--Biography.
Atomic bomb--United States--History.
Nuclear physics--United States--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Sherwin, Martin J., author of introduction, etc.

Notes:

"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. Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-342) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

Draws from previously classified documents, unpublished manuscripts, private correspondence, and other sources to chronicle the events that surrounded the revocation of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer's security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.-- Source other than Library of congress.

Series:

Johns Hopkins nuclear history and contemporary affairs

ISBN:

142142567X : PAP
9781421425672 : PAP

LCCN:

2017953274

Locations:

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)