Breakdown: How the Secret of the Atomic Bomb was Stolen during World War II

by Richard Melzer

Book Overview

The enormous effort-called the Manhattan Project-that produced the world's first atomic bomb was supposed to be the best kept secret of World War II. And the Project's Los Alamos, New Mexico site where the bomb was perfected was supposed to have the tightest security of the project's other 37 installations across the United States. Even the vice president, Harry S. Truman, was kept in the dark initially until fate propelled him into the fray. But...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865343047
• ISBN13: 9780865343047
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Sunstone Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"