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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41628179 Title: The atom bomb Author: Tamara L Roleff Publisher: San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, ©2000. ISBN/ISSN: 0737702141 9780737702149 073770215X 9780737702156 OCLC:41628179

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The atom bomb

Author:	Tamara L Roleff
Publisher:	San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, ©2000.
Series:	Turning points (Greenhaven Press)
Edition/Format:	Book : English
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Tamara L Roleff Find more information about:
ISBN:	0737702141 9780737702149 073770215X 9780737702156
OCLC Number:	41628179
Description:	272 p.; 23 cm.
Contents:	Foreword -- Brief history of the atom bomb -- Development of the atom bomb -- Discovery of fission / C. P. Snow ; First nuclear chain reaction / Laura Fermi ; Race to make the atom bomb / Robert C. Batchelder ; Manhattan Project / Ferenc Morton Szasz ; Trinity Test / Leslie R. Groves -- Decision to drop the atom bomb -- It was always assumed the bomb would be used / Alan Cranston ; Government was justified in using the atom bomb / Henry L. Stimson ; Using the atom bomb was unnecessary and immoral / Hanson W. Baldwin ; Atom bomb was used to intimidate the Soviets / Gar Alperovitz ; -- Aftermath --Hiroshima survivor's tale / Atsuko Tsujioka ; Visiting the devastation of Nagasaki / Charles W. Sweeney ; Society laid waste / Committee for the Compilation -- America in the Cold War -- U.S. soldiers are exposed to radiation in postwar tests / Michael Uhl and Tod Ensign ; Continuing cycle of fear and apathy / Paul Boyer ; Atom bomb in pop culture / Bryan C. Taylor -- In retrospect : scientists evaluate the atom bomb -- Scientist leaves the Manhattan Project / Joseph Rotblat ; Scientists look back on the Manhattan Project / William L. Laurence ; Scientists must be morally responsible for their work / John A. Simpson ; United States was right to build the hydrogen bomb / Edward Teller -- Epilogue : Enola Gay controversy / Michael J. Hogan.
Series Title:	Turning points (Greenhaven Press)
Responsibility:	Tamara L. Roleff, book editor.
More information:	Book review (H-Net)

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