The atom bomb

"The atom bomb" Table Of Contents:

• 1- Foreword
• 2- Brief history of the atom bomb
• 3- Development of the atom bomb
• 4- Discovery of fission / C. P. Snow ; First nuclear chain reaction / Laura Fermi ; Race to make the atom bomb / Robert C. Batchelder ; Manhattan Project / Ferenc Morton Szasz ; Trinity Test / Leslie R. Groves
• 5- Decision to drop the atom bomb
• 6- It was always assumed the bomb would be used / Alan Cranston ; Government was justified in using the atom bomb / Henry L. Stimson ; Using the atom bomb was unnecessary and immoral / Hanson W. Baldwin ; Atom bomb was used to intimidate the Soviets / Gar Alperovitz ;
• 7- Aftermath
• 8- Hiroshima survivor's tale / Atsuko Tsujioka ; Visiting the devastation of Nagasaki / Charles W. Sweeney ; Society laid waste / Committee for the Compilation
• 9- America in the Cold War
• 10- U.S. soldiers are exposed to radiation in postwar tests / Michael Uhl and Tod Ensign ; Continuing cycle of fear and apathy / Paul Boyer ; Atom bomb in pop culture / Bryan C. Taylor
• 11- In retrospect : scientists evaluate the atom bomb
• 12- Scientist leaves the Manhattan Project / Joseph Rotblat ; Scientists look back on the Manhattan Project / William L. Laurence ; Scientists must be morally responsible for their work / John A. Simpson ; United States was right to build the hydrogen bomb / Edward Teller
• 13- Epilogue : Enola Gay controversy / Michael J. Hogan.

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