Bibliograph

The ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the birth of the modern arms race, Priscilla J. McMillan ; foreword by Martin J. Sherwin

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Label

The ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the birth of the modern arms race, Priscilla J. McMillan ; foreword by Martin J. Sherwin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-342) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the birth of the modern arms race

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1007038257

Responsibility statement

Priscilla J. McMillan ; foreword by Martin J. Sherwin

Series statement

Johns Hopkins nuclear history and contemporary affairs

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Draws from previously classified documents, unpublished manuscripts, private correspondence, and other sources to chronicle the events that surrounded the revocation of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer's security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 of physicist Edward Teller, Republican businessman Lewis Strauss, congressional assistant William Borden, and President Eisenhower. --, Provided by publisher

Table Of 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

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