Description
Book SynopsisSuper Bomb unveils the story of the events leading up to President Harry S. Truman's 1950 decision to develop a "super," or hydrogen, bomb. That fateful decision and its immediate consequences are detailed in a diverse and complete account built on newly released archives and previously hidden contemporaneous interviews with more than sixty...
Trade ReviewSuper Bomb is well written, cogently argued, and deeply researched. The narrative is supported with robust archival materials and illuminating contemporaneous interviews with myriad policy makers, scientists, and officers who personally witnessed—and in many cases influenced—this critical episode.
* Choice *
Sixty years of gestation makes Super Bomb a unique book and, intellectually speaking, an interesting archaeological find.
* Perspectives on Politics *
[T]he long delay in having the project come to fruition is a serendipitous boon for historians. hHe interviews contain many near-contemporaneous observations and insights from the principals in the superbomb decision.
* journal of cold war studies *
Young, a British academic, took Schilling's material, carried out some additional research, and crafted a compelling book that was published posthumously.
* Foreign Affairs *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Shock of the "New World"
2. Advising on the Super
3. A Decision Reached
4. Moral and Political Consequences
5. Dissent and Development
6. Tactical Diversions
7. Rewriting Los Alamos
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
