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| Named Person: | Leslie R Groves |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert S Norris |
| ISBN: | 1586420399 9781586420390 |
| OCLC Number: | 48544060 |
| Description: | xxi, 722 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 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). |
| Responsibility: | Robert S. Norris. |
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