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100 1 $aNorris, Robert S.$q(Robert Stan),$eauthor.
245 10 $aRacing for the bomb :$bthe true story of General Leslie R. Groves, the man behind the birth of the Atomic age /$cRobert S. Norris.
250 $aFirst Skyhorse Publishing edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bSkyhorse Publishing,$c2014.
264 4 $c©2002
300 $axxi, 722 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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 career (1948-1961) -- Last years (1962-1970).
520 $aIn September 1942, Colonel Leslie R. Groves was given the job of building the atomic bomb. As a career officer in the Army Corps of Engineers, Groves had overseen hundreds of military construction projects, including the Pentagon. Until now, scientists have received the credit for the Manhattan Project's remarkable achievements. And yet, it was Leslie R. Groves who made things happen. It was Groves who drove manufacturers, construction crews, scientists, industrialists, and military and civilian officials to come up with the money, the materials, and the plans to solve thousands of problems and build the bomb in only two years. It was his operation, and in Racing for the Bomb he emerges as a take-charge, can-do figure who succeeds in the face of formidable odds. Revealed for the first time in Racing for the Bomb, Groves played a crucial and decisive role in the planning, timing, and targeting of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions.
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