Although Los Alamos's military contribution to the defeat of Japan and then to the arms race that followed has been acknowledged many times, the complete story of Los Alamos must include (and often does not) its hesitant evolution after the war into a permanent outpost on the frontlines of the Cold War.
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Inventing Los Alamos
The Growth of an Atomic Community
by Jon Hunner
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"Although Los Alamos's military contribution to the defeat of Japan and then to the arms race that followed has been acknowledged many times, the complete story of Los Alamos must include (and often does not) its hesitant evolution after the war into a permanent outpost on the frontlines of the Cold War."
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