Uranium and plutonium -- The Manhattan Project -- Los Alamos National Laboratory -- The first atomic bomb : Trinity -- Paul W. Tibbets -- Preparation for the atomic bombings -- Tinian -- The Potsdam Declaration -- Planning the atomic bombing of Hiroshima -- The atomic bombing of Hiroshima -- Truman's address to the nation -- The atomic bombing of Nagasaki -- Japan surrenders -- The Bikini Atoll tests -- Epilogue: Japan.
Summary:
"Samuel S. Kloda spent 40+ years meeting with the scientists who built the first atomic bombs, and the crews that delivered them to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He searched archives throughout the U.S. Newly unearthed documents were brought to former members of the Manhattan Project or the 509th Composite Group, who were always willing to help. Most of the major books on the Manhattan Project were published before 1973. In the years that followed, newly declassified documents became available and showed that many authors had included huge inaccuracies. Richly illustrated with important documents and photographs, Kloda's chronicle sets the record straight. Readers will see how a single letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1939 led to the formation of the Advisory Committee on Uranium and, within six years, to the secret Manhattan Project employing more than 100,000 men and women."-- Provided by publisher.
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