Fallout: Conspiracy, Cover-Up, and the Deceitful Case for the Atom Bomb

by Peter Watson

Book Overview

The justification for the atomic bomb was simple: it would defeat Hitler and end the Second World War faster, saving lives. The reality was different.

Fallout dismantles the conventional story of why the atom bomb was built. Peter Watson has found new documents showing that long before the Allied bomb was operational, it was clear that Germany had no atomic weapons of its own and was not likely to. The British knew this, but didn't...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610399617
• ISBN13: 9781610399616
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"