Super bomb : organizational conflict and the development of the hydrogen bomb /

Addresses the question of why President Harry Truman decided to go ahead and develop the H-bomb and with what means dissenters opposed it for several years afterward.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Young, Ken, 1943-2019 (Author), Schilling, Warner R. (Warner Roller), 1925-2013 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Series:Cornell studies in security affairs.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The shock of the "new world"
  • Advising on the Super
  • A decision reached
  • Moral and political consequences
  • Dissent and development
  • Tactical diversions
  • Rewriting Los Alamos.