The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Modern Arms Race

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Call Number: 530.092 McM, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / 20th Century / McMillan, Priscilla Johnson
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Westgate Branch

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Draws from previously classified documents, unpublished manuscripts, private correspondence, and other sources to chronicle the events that surrounded the revocation of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer's security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

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