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Breakdown - How the Secret of the Atomic Bomb was Stolen during World War II (Paperback, 1st ed)
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Breakdown - How the Secret of the Atomic Bomb was Stolen during World War II (Paperback, 1st ed)
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The enormous effort--called the Manhattan Project--that produced
the world's first atomic bomb was supposed to be the best kept
secret of World War II. And the project's Los Alamos, New Mexico
site, where the bomb was perfected, was supposed to have the
tightest security of the project's other 37 installations across
the United States. Even the vice president, Harry S. Truman, was
kept in the dark initially until fate propelled him into the fray.
But this was an illusion. Evidence from Soviet and American sources
have proven that at least three--and as many as six--Communist
spies penetrated the security system at Los Alamos and shared the
secret of the atomic bomb with the Stalin regime in the Soviet
Union before the end of World War II. Historian Richard Melzer now
sheds new light on how security at Los Alamos broke down--not by
examining this isolated site in New Mexico from the outside as many
other authors have--but from within Los Alamos itself. Using
interviews, memoirs, and formerly confidential files, Melzer shows
that spies quite easily obtained security clearances, gained access
to top secret information, and carried this information to their
Soviet contacts without a hitch. What Melzer tells us about the
flaws of security in the past might well help those in charge of
security today as the United States grapples with these problems in
the aftermath of the Chinese espionage scandal that rocked Los
Alamos and the entire American intelligence community. Includes a
bibliography, historic photographs, and index. BOOK NEWS reports:
"A good survey of Los Alamos security and its many breaches." NEW
MEXICO HISTORICAL REVIEW said: "Anyone interested in the history of
the atomic bombwill gain much from Melzer's fine treatment of the
failure of wartime security and the loss of atomic secrets. This is
a highly readable and recommended book." RICHARD MELZER is a
professor of history at the University of New Mexico-Valencia
Campus. A specialist in twentieth century New Mexico history, he
has written many articles, chapters, and books about the American
Southwest. He is a prize-winning author and a popular public
speaker. Sunstone Press is also the publisher of Melzer's focused
biography, ERNIE PYLE IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST and WHEN WE WERE
YOUNG IN THE WEST, TRUE HISTORIES OF CHILDHOOD.
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