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100 1  Norris, Robert S.|q(Robert Stan) 
245 10 Racing for the bomb :|bGeneral Leslie R. Groves, the 
       Manhattan Project's indispensable man /|cRobert S. Norris.
250    First edition. 
264  1 South Royalton, Vt. :|bSteerforth Press,|c[2002] 
264  4 |c©2002 
300    xxi, 722 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-683) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction: At the top of his game. Early life and 
       education, 1896-1918. Family heritage : the Groveses in 
       America -- Growing up in the Army (1897-1913) -- Dick 
       defines his future (Summer 1913-June 1916) -- West Point 
       (June 1916-November 1918) -- Engineer in the peacetime 
       Army, 1919-1930. Caught behind the "Hump" (December 1918-
       June 1921) -- Married with children (July 1921-July 1931) 
       -- Getting on the fast track, 1931-1942. Learning the 
       ropes (July 1931-June 1935) -- Finishing schools (June 
       1935-July 1939) -- Final rehearsal (July 1939-Summer 1942)
       -- Fateful decisions --Manhattan Project, 1942-1945. His 
       own construction : atomic factories and American industry,
       Oak Ridge and Hanford -- His own science : Oppenheimer, 
       Los Alamos, and the scientists -- His own intelligence : 
       domestic concerns -- His own intelligence : foreign 
       concerns -- His own Air Force -- His own State and 
       Treasury Departments -- Groves family during the war -- 
       Racing to the finish, 1945. Supplying atomic fuels : 
       enough and in time -- Groves and the use of the bomb I : 
       the target and interim committees -- Groves and the use of
       the bomb II : Trinity, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki -- War hero
       for a day (Mid-August-December 1945) -- Final battles, 
       1946-1948. Caught in the middle : fights over domestic 
       policy (1946) -- "Best, the biggest and the most" : fights
       over international control -- Chief of special weapons 
       (1947-1948) -- Slowing down, 1948-1970. Retirement and a 
       new vareer (1948-1961) -- Last years (1962-1970). 
600 10 Groves, Leslie R.,|d1896-1970. 
610 20 Manhattan Project (U.S.) 
650  0 Generals|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Military engineers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Nuclear weapons|zUnited States|xHistory. 
856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/
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