William S. Loring

Birthplace of the Atomic Bomb

A Complete History of the Trinity Test Site

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Produktbeschreibung

It was not Robert Oppenheimer who built the bomb--it was engineers, chemists and young physicists in their twenties, many not yet having earned a degree. The first atomic bomb was originally conceived as a backup device, a weapon not then currently achievable. The remote Trinity Site--the birthplace of the bomb--was used as a test range for U.S. bombers before the first nuclear device was secretly detonated. After the blast, locals speculated that the flash and rumble were caused by colliding B-29s, while Manhattan Project officials nervously measured high levels of offsite radiation. Drawing on original documents, many recently declassified, the author sheds new light on a pivotal moment in history--now approaching its 75th anniversary--told from the point of view of the men who inaugurated the Atomic Age in the New Mexico desert.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 833g
• ISBN-13: 9781476675510
• ISBN-10: 1476675511
• Artikelnr.: 52413905

Autorenporträt

William S. Loring served as an Army helicopter crew chief and as an academic instructor at the Army Aviation School . His research interests include military history, archaeology and surrealist art. He lives in Dallas with his wife, Anne, and their German Shepherds.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Prologue: Desert
1.
1939-1943
2.
January to June 1944
3.
Mid-June to Mid-August 1944
4.
Late August to Early November 1944
5.
Early November through December 1944
6.
January to Mid-February 1945
7.
Late February to Mid-March 1945
8.
Late March 1945
9.
Early April to Mid-April 1945 10.
Late April 1945 11.
Early May 1945, Part I 12.
Early May 1945, Part II 13.
Mid-May 1945 14.
Late May to Early June 1945 15.
Mid to Late June 1945 16.
July 1945, Week 1 17.
July 1945, Week 2 18.
Mid-July 1945 19.
July 15, 1945 20.
July 16, 1945 21.
Late July through August 1945 22.
Remainder of 1945 23.
1946 24.
1947-1948 25.
1949-1951 26.
1952-1964 27.
1965 to the Present Appendices: deleteA.
General Groves, General Patton and the California-Arizona Maneuver Area deleteB.
Silverplate and the B-29 deleteC.
Final Instructions for Town Monitors deleteD.
Post-Blast Press Releases deleteE.
Ratliff Family delete F.
Firing Circuit and Arming of the Gadget deleteG.
Jumbo deleteH.
Evacuation Force: A Question of Numbers delete I.
What Happened to Anderson's Sherman Tanks? Chapter Notes Bibliography Index