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Author Loeber, Charles R.

Title Building the bombs : a history of the nuclear weapons complex / Charles R. Loeber ; edited by Lorna Gail Clark and Phil Brittenham ; illustrated by Michael Townsend ; designed by Jan Gaunce.

Imprint Albuquerque, N.M. : Sandia National Laboratories, 2012, c2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Archives Fed Docs  E 1.2:B 86/9/2012    ---  Available
Edition 3rd ed.
Description xviii, 266 p. : ill. (some col.), map, port., charts ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Einstein opens the door -- The Manhattan Project -- German atomic bomb program -- Espionage during the Manhattan Project -- Creating the Cold War -- Two scorpions in a bottle -- Tests and test sites -- Performance improvements -- To the brink -- Safety and security improvements -- Ending the Cold War -- Maintaining deterrence -- Epilogue -- Appendices.
Note "SAND # 2012-7878P"--T.p. verso.
Funding "Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000."--P. iv.
Subject Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- History.
Added Author Clark, Lorna Gail.
Brittenham, Phil.
Sandia National Laboratories.
Added Title History of the nuclear weapons complex
Gpo Item No. 0429-A
Sudoc No. E 1.2:B 86/9/2012

 
    
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