Mcmillan Priscilla J.
Mcmillan Priscilla J. - The Ruin Of J. Robert Oppenheimer And The Birth Of The Modern Arms Race - Paperback
Mcmillan Priscilla J. - The Ruin Of J. Robert Oppenheimer And The Birth Of The Modern Arms Race - Paperback
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Description: The true story of the government conspiracy to bring down J. Robert Oppenheimer America's most famous scientist. On April 12, 1954, the nation was astonished to learn that J. Robert Oppenheimer was facing charges of violating national security. Could the director of the Manhattan Project the visionary who led the effort to build the atom bomb really be a traitor? In this riveting book bestselling author Priscilla J. Mc Millan draws on newly declassified U. S. government documents and materials from Russia as well as in - depth interviews to expose for the first time the conspiracy that destroyed one of America's most illustrious scientists. Mc Millan recreates the fraught years from 1949 to 1955 when Oppenheimer and a group of liberal scientists tried to head off the cabal of hard - line air force officials anti - Communist politicians and rival scientists including physicist Edward Teller who were trying to seize control of U. S. policy and build ever more deadly nuclear weapons. Retelling the story of Oppenheimer's trial which took place in utmost secrecy she describes how the government made up its own rules and violated many protections of the rule of law. She also argues that the effort to discredit Oppenheimer occurring at the height of the Mc Carthy era and sanctioned by a misinformed President Eisenhower was a watershed in the Cold War poisoning American politics for decades and creating dangers that haunt us today. A chilling tale of Mc Carthy - era machinations this groundbreaking page - turner rewrites the history of the Cold War.
Title: The Ruin Of J. Robert Oppenheimer And The Birth Of The Modern Arms Race
Author(s): Mcmillan Priscilla J.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Barcode: 9781421425672
Pages: 416 Pages, 23 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 1/1/2018
Series: Johns Hopkins Nuclear History and Contemporary Affairs
Category: History Of Science
Description: The true story of the government conspiracy to bring down J. Robert Oppenheimer America's most famous scientist. On April 12, 1954, the nation was astonished to learn that J. Robert Oppenheimer was facing charges of violating national security. Could the director of the Manhattan Project the visionary who led the effort to build the atom bomb really be a traitor? In this riveting book bestselling author Priscilla J. Mc Millan draws on newly declassified U. S. government documents and materials from Russia as well as in - depth interviews to expose for the first time the conspiracy that destroyed one of America's most illustrious scientists. Mc Millan recreates the fraught years from 1949 to 1955 when Oppenheimer and a group of liberal scientists tried to head off the cabal of hard - line air force officials anti - Communist politicians and rival scientists including physicist Edward Teller who were trying to seize control of U. S. policy and build ever more deadly nuclear weapons. Retelling the story of Oppenheimer's trial which took place in utmost secrecy she describes how the government made up its own rules and violated many protections of the rule of law. She also argues that the effort to discredit Oppenheimer occurring at the height of the Mc Carthy era and sanctioned by a misinformed President Eisenhower was a watershed in the Cold War poisoning American politics for decades and creating dangers that haunt us today. A chilling tale of Mc Carthy - era machinations this groundbreaking page - turner rewrites the history of the Cold War.
Title: The Ruin Of J. Robert Oppenheimer And The Birth Of The Modern Arms Race
Author(s): Mcmillan Priscilla J.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Barcode: 9781421425672
Pages: 416 Pages, 23 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 1/1/2018
Series: Johns Hopkins Nuclear History and Contemporary Affairs
Category: History Of Science
