Countdown to Atomgeddon (eBook, ePUB)

The Race to Build the First Atomic Bomb

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Produktbeschreibung

The story leading to the development and the first test of the atomic bomb is a complicated study in human endeavor under strict security and secrecy. During the later months of World War II in Europe, there was a growing concern that many of the scientists in Germany were in the process of developing a similar weapon that the United States was developing and eventually tested and deployed to end the war in the Pacific arena. Many scientists immigrated to other countries including the United States from Germany due to the forced Third Reich emigration policy. One German physicist in particular was helping to develop the weapon for the Third Reich. His name was Dr. Werner Heisenberg. There was speculation after the war had ended, and Dr. Heisenberg had died, that he had intentionally slowed the progress of the bombs development for Germany for fear that Hitler would attempt to dominate the rest of the world with its use. Information of the development on both sides of the war was apparently available even with the strict secrecy concerning the weapon through the use of spies. Many spies and informants were found on both sides of the conflict to include Russia. It was rumored that both Russia and Germany had informants working alongside the American scientists in Los Alamos and were responsible in helping Germany and Russia develop a weapon. Eventually, the German weapon was not completed as the Third Reich was more intent on developing rockets, jet engines, and was defeated in early May of 1945. Russia was second to develop a weapon and test-fired it in 1949. That was the beginning of the nuclear arms race. This book is written with the intent to show the humanistic side of the race to develop the first atomic bomb and, as accurately as possible, describe the local and regional implications of the bomb. Most characters are fictitious, and some of interviews are invented, but most of the details are summaries of many articles and books written about the bomb; and without their help, this book would not have been written. There may not have been a conspiracy to slow the progress in developing the American bomb, but most of the facts lead the writer to believe there was at least one. The brilliance of the leading military general in directing the Manhattan Project cannot be denied and was proven many times. Without his direct and indirect intervention in the project, it is conceivable that the world may now be speaking German. The conspiracy featured in this book could very well have been General Groves most effective ruse in the race. Jumbo was created as a simple cover for the test bomb, but many of the spies and saboteurs were led to believe that Jumbo was the test bomb and effectively directed attention away from the real bomb at Trinity Site.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris US
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781499064391
• Artikelnr.: 52551408

Autorenporträt

The dawning of the Atomic Age occurred on July 16, 1945 in the desert of southern New Mexico. It was 5:30 in the morning and bright daylight as my father was awaken thinking he was late for work. As he dressed, the light faded back to darkness and he went back to bed. I slept through both the bright light the slight concussion that rattled the venation blinds. That was the impact on my family in Socorro, New Mexico 27 miles from Trinity Site and Ground Zero. I was five years old and did not recognize the importance of the event until I was much older and in the Army building, maintaining and moving atomic weapons in the 60's. During a visit to the National Nuclear Museum in May of 2014 I was embarrassed to see and explore the many items, people and locations that I had been exposed to during the following 69 years and had forgotten or dismissed as unimportant relics of the past. As a result of that visit, I have now written three books about that time. 2015 is the seventieth anniversary of the test that confirmed that nuclear weapons were possible. It is also the anniversary on the dropping of "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" on two major cities in Japan to end the war in the Pacific. I have written the three books to remind myself and others of the importance of that period of time. James now lives with his wife in Grand Prairie, Texas