| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxi, 722 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-683) and index. |
| Contents |
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). |
| Subject |
Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970.
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Generals -- United States -- Biography.
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Military engineers -- United States -- Biography.
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Manhattan Project (U.S.)
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Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
1586420399 alkaline paper |
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