Churchill's bomb : how the United States overtook Britain in the first nuclear arms race /

Churchill's bomb : how the United States overtook Britain in the first nuclear arms race /

Describes how the science behind Britain's nuclear arms advances at the beginning of World War II was given to America because Winston Churchill didn't fully believe in the physicists' research or the implications of such powerful weaponry.

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Main Author: Farmelo, Graham.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2013.
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965 > Military leadership.
Cherwell, Frederick Alexander Lindemann, > Viscount, > 1886-1957.
World War, 1939-1945 > Science > Great Britain.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > Great Britain > History.
Atomic bomb > Great Britain > History.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > United States > History.
Great Britain > Military policy > 20th century.
Great Britain > Military relations > United States.
United States > Military relations > Great Britain.
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EJWL - General Collection - 3rd Floor

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Call Number: UA647 .F28 2013
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