The nuclear spies : America's atomic intelligence operation against Hitler and Stalin /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Houghton, Vince (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the principal uncertainty
  • A reasonable fear : American (mis)perception of the German nuclear program
  • Making something out of nothing : the creation of American nuclear intelligence
  • Alsos : the mission to solve the mystery of the German bomb
  • Transitions : from the German threat to the Soviet menace
  • Regression : the post-war devolution of American nuclear intelligence
  • Whistling in the dark : American (mis)perception of the Soviet nuclear program
  • Conclusion : credit where credit is due