This book details the evolution of General George Marshall's relationship with the atomic bomb—including the Manhattan Project and the use of atomic weapons on Japan—as it emerged as the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.
Foreword by Robert Norris
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One The Beginnings
Chapter Two The Discovery of Fission and Einstein's
Letter
Chapter Three Marshall and the Geneses of the Manhattan
Project
Chapter Four Organizing the Manhattan Project
Chapter Five Intelligence Operations
Chapter Six Uncertainty, the Bomb, and the Interim
Committee
Chapter Seven Unconditional Surrender and a Planned
Invasion
Chapter Eight Potsdam and Trinity
Chapter Nine Japan's Response to the Potsdam Declaration,
Hiroshima, and Nagasaki
Chapter Ten Japan Surrenders
Chapter Eleven A New Age
Chapter Twelve Marshall as a Diplomat: Secretary of
State
Chapter Thirteen The Final Call to Duty: Secretary of
Defense
Afterword by Robert Strong
Appendices
A. Tube Alloys (S-1) Organization Chart
B. Manhattan Project Organization Chart
C. Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb
D. Fateful Spring and Summer of 1945
Abbreviations and Code Names
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Frank A. Settle Jr., PhD, professor emeritus of chemistry, Washington and Lee University, and director of the ALSOS Digital Library for Nuclear Issues, was professor of chemistry at the Virginia Military Institute from 1964 to 1992.
A tightly focused, generally well-written analysis for major public
and, especially, university libraries. Summing Up: Highly
recommended. All levels/libraries.
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