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- catalog abstract "Follows the World War II race to build the atomic bomb while profiling its top commander, documenting how Colonel Groves organized the collection of the necessary funds and materials while orchestrating solutions to thousands of technical problems.".
- catalog contributor b12549089.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description "Follows the World War II race to build the atomic bomb while profiling its top commander, documenting how Colonel Groves organized the collection of the necessary funds and materials while orchestrating solutions to thousands of technical problems.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-683) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: At the top of his game. Early life and education, 1896-1918. Family heritage : the Groveses in America -- Growing up in the Army (1897-1913) -- Dick defines his future (Summer 1913-June 1916) -- West Point (June 1916-November 1918) -- Engineer in the peacetime Army, 1919-1930. Caught behind the "Hump" (December 1918-June 1921) -- Married with children (July 1921-July 1931) -- Getting on the fast track, 1931-1942. Learning the ropes (July 1931-June 1935) -- Finishing schools (June 1935-July 1939) -- Final rehearsal (July 1939-Summer 1942) -- Fateful decisions --Manhattan Project, 1942-1945. His own construction : atomic factories and American industry, Oak Ridge and Hanford -- His own science : Oppenheimer, Los Alamos, and the scientists -- His own intelligence : domestic concerns -- His own intelligence : foreign concerns -- His own Air Force -- His own State and Treasury Departments -- Groves family during the war -- Racing to the finish, 1945. Supplying atomic fuels : enough and in time -- Groves and the use of the bomb I : the target and interim committees -- Groves and the use of the bomb II : Trinity, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki -- War hero for a day (Mid-August-December 1945) -- Final battles, 1946-1948. Caught in the middle : fights over domestic policy (1946) -- "Best, the biggest and the most" : fights over international control -- Chief of special weapons (1947-1948) -- Slowing down, 1948-1970. Retirement and a new vareer (1948-1961) -- Last years (1962-1970).".
- catalog extent "xxi, 722 p., [24] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Racing for the bomb.".
- catalog identifier "1586420399 :".
- catalog identifier "1586420674 (paperback; alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Racing for the bomb.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "South Royalton, Vt. : Steerforth Press ; [[Berkeley, CA] : Distributed by Publishers Group West],".
- catalog relation "Racing for the bomb.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "355.8/25119/0973 B 21".
- catalog subject "Generals United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970.".
- catalog subject "Manhattan Project (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "Military engineers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Nuclear weapons United States History.".
- catalog subject "UG128.G76 N67 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: At the top of his game. Early life and education, 1896-1918. Family heritage : the Groveses in America -- Growing up in the Army (1897-1913) -- Dick defines his future (Summer 1913-June 1916) -- West Point (June 1916-November 1918) -- Engineer in the peacetime Army, 1919-1930. Caught behind the "Hump" (December 1918-June 1921) -- Married with children (July 1921-July 1931) -- Getting on the fast track, 1931-1942. Learning the ropes (July 1931-June 1935) -- Finishing schools (June 1935-July 1939) -- Final rehearsal (July 1939-Summer 1942) -- Fateful decisions --Manhattan Project, 1942-1945. His own construction : atomic factories and American industry, Oak Ridge and Hanford -- His own science : Oppenheimer, Los Alamos, and the scientists -- His own intelligence : domestic concerns -- His own intelligence : foreign concerns -- His own Air Force -- His own State and Treasury Departments -- Groves family during the war -- Racing to the finish, 1945. Supplying atomic fuels : enough and in time -- Groves and the use of the bomb I : the target and interim committees -- Groves and the use of the bomb II : Trinity, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki -- War hero for a day (Mid-August-December 1945) -- Final battles, 1946-1948. Caught in the middle : fights over domestic policy (1946) -- "Best, the biggest and the most" : fights over international control -- Chief of special weapons (1947-1948) -- Slowing down, 1948-1970. Retirement and a new vareer (1948-1961) -- Last years (1962-1970).".
- catalog title "Racing for the bomb : General Leslie R. Groves, the Manhattan Project's indispensable man / Robert S. Norris.".
- catalog type "Biographie. swd".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".