Format:
xvii, 221 Seiten
ISBN:
9781501745164
Series Statement:
Cornell studies in security affairs
Content:
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 Warner R. Schilling present the expectations, hopes, and fears of the key individuals who lobbied for and against developing the H-bomb. They portray the conflicts that arose over the H-bomb as rooted in the distinct interests of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Los Alamos laboratory, the Pentagon and State Department, the Congress, and the White House. But as they clearly show, once Truman made his decision in 1950, resistance to the H-bomb opportunistically shifted to new debates about the development of tactical nuclear weapons, continental air defense, and other aspects of nuclear weapons policy. What Super Bomb reveals is that in many ways the H-bomb struggle was a proxy battle over the morality and effectiveness of strategic bombardment and the role and doctrine of the US Strategic Air Command.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis Seite 193-209, Register
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The shock of the "new world"
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Advising on the super
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A decision reached
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Moral and political consequences
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Dissent and development
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Tactical diversions
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Re-writing Los Alamos
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501745188
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501745171
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Young, Ken (Director), author Super-bomb Ithaca, [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
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Wasserstoffbombe
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Geschichte
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Historische Darstellung
URL:
http://www.ub.unibas.ch/tox/IDSBB/007179476/PDF
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