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050 00 $aUG128.G76$bN67 2002
082 00 $a355.8/25119/0973$aB$221
100 1 $aNorris, Robert S.$q(Robert Stan)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93080690
245 10 $aRacing for the bomb :$bGeneral Leslie R. Groves, the Manhattan Project's indispensable man /$cRobert S. Norris.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSouth Royalton, Vt. :$bSteerforth Press ;$a[[Berkeley, CA] :$bDistributed by Publishers Group West],$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $axxi, 722 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 559-683) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: At the Top of His Game --$gPt. 1.$tEarly Life and Education, 1896-1918.$g1.$tFamily Heritage: The Groveses in America.$g2.$tGrowing Up in the Army (1897-1913).$g3.$tDick Defines His Future (Summer 1913-June 1916).$g4.$tWest Point (June 1916-November 1918) --$gPt. 2.$tAn Engineer in the Peacetime Army, 1919-1930.$g5.$tCaught Behind the "Hump" (December 1918-June 1921).$g6.$tMarried with Children (July 1921-July 1931) --$gPt. 3.$tGetting on the Fast Track, 1931-1942.$g7.$tLearning the Ropes (July 1931-June 1935).$g8.$tFinishing Schools (June 1935-July 1939).$g9.$tFinal Rehearsal (July 1939-Summer 1942).$g10.$tFateful Decisions --$gPt. 4.$tThe Manhattan Project, 1942-1945.$g11.$tHis Own Construction: Atomic Factories and American Industry, Oak Ridge and Hanford.$g12.$tHis Own Science: Oppenheimer, Los Alamos, and the Scientists.$g13.$tHis Own Intelligence: Domestic Concerns.$g14.$tHis Own Intelligence: Foreign Concerns.$g15.$tHis Own Air Force.$g16.$tHis Own State and Treasury Departments.
505 80 $g17.$tThe Groves Family During the War --$gPt. 5.$tRacing to the Finish, 1945.$g18.$tSupplying Atomic Fuels: Enough and in Time.$g19.$tGroves and the Use of the Bomb I: The Target and Interim Committees.$g20.$tGroves and the Use of the Bomb II: Trinity, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki.$g21.$tWar Hero for a Day (Mid-August-December 1945) --$gPt. 6.$tFinal Battles, 1946-1948.$g22.$tCaught in the Middle: Fights Over Domestic Policy (1946).$g23.$t"The Best, the Biggest and the Most": Fights Over International Control.$g24.$tChief of Special Weapons (1947-1948) --$gPt. 7.$tSlowing Down, 1948-1970.$g25.$tRetirement and a New Career (1948-1961).$g26.$tLast Years (1962-1970).
600 10 $aGroves, Leslie R.,$d1896-1970.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82207782
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105089
650 0 $aMilitary engineers$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010101641
610 20 $aManhattan Project (U.S.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88074979
650 0 $aNuclear weapons$zUnited States$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010103996
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