Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
Genre/Form: | History |
---|---|
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
James L Abrahamson; Paul H Carew |
ISBN: | 0275978192 9780275978198 |
OCLC Number: | 612236012 |
Description: | 181 Seiten : Illustrationen |
Contents: | Foreword Introduction: Totally Elated A Purposeful Destruction This Laboratory Monstrosity Everything Was Critical Back in Business Again The Best Army School Totally Unimpressive Our Captain Barnes Can Show You How Operation SANDSTONE Reaching Maturity in Atomic Operations Epilogue: A Radically New Era Abbreviations Bibliography Index |
Responsibility: | James L. Abrahamson, Paul H. Carew. |
Reviews
Publisher Synopsis
"...a fine job of crafting the first public account of this interesting time in our history...a valuable contribution to the public understanding of Cold War history." - The Chapel Hill News "^IVanguard^R offers interesting insights into relations among the services, conflicts with the civilian entities established to control atomic energy after WWII, and the way in which innovative units and schools are created to meet changing techinical and political demands. It is also a belated tribute to a group of amazing individuals who just happened to be Army officers as well." - Assembly "This slice of history ably and interestingly written, is the story of the contribution made by sixty young Army officers to the continued development, testing and use of atomic weapons from the end of World War II until the onset of the Korean War....What readers with a military background will appreciate is that the work illustrates the fact that military personel proved fully capable of aquiring the scientific knowledge and the engineering skills to assemble, test and even improve on the initial design of atomic weapons, something the scientific community believed was way beyond their ken." - The Journal of Army History "In chronicling the contributions of an equally dedicated and professional military command, Abrahamson and Carew have made an invaluable contribution in exposing an importnat chapter in our history." - Army Magazine "[T]he authors have filled a gap in our understanding of the evolution of deterrence. And, to their great credit, they did so in a literate manner without burying the layman in technical detail. Well done! Your reviewer commends the book to the reader of these pages." - Parameters "...[a]n intersting and informative book." - AmericanDiplomacy.org Read more...


Tags
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(12)
- United States. -- Army. -- Engineer Battalion, 38th -- History.
- Nuclear weapons -- United States.
- Deterrence (Strategy)
- United States -- Military policy.
- United States. -- Army. -- Engineer Battalion, 38th.
- Military policy.
- Nuclear weapons.
- United States.
- Atomwaffe -- USA -- Geschichte.
- Abschreckung.
- Militärpolitik -- USA -- Geschichte 1945-2000.
- Heer -- USA -- Truppengeschichte.