Super Bomb: Organizational Conflict and the Development of the Hydrogen Bomb

by Ken Young and Warner R Schilling

Super Bomb unveils the story of the events leading up to President Harry S. Truman's 1950 decision to develop a super, or hydrogen, bomb. That fateful decision and its immediate consequences are detailed in a diverse and complete account built on newly released archives and previously hidden contemporaneous interviews with more than sixty political, military, and scientific figures who were involved in the decision.

Ken Young and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501745166
• ISBN13: 9781501745164
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher