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020			_a9781471164484 _q(hardback)
020			_a9781471164491 _q(Trade paperback)
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100	1		_aWatson, Peter, _d1943- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFallout : _bConspiracy, Cover-Up, and the Deceitful Case for the Atom Bomb / _cPeter Watson.
264		1	_aLondon : _bSimon & Schuster, _c2018.
264		4	_c©2018
300			_a423 pages, _b illustrations (black and white), _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"A new history."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 371-398) and index.
505	0		_aPreface--Cover-up: 'When the righteous sin' -- PART ONE: Incognito: Klaus Fuchs and Niels Bohr. Zigzag -- PART TWO: The overestimate of the Germans. The taste of fear : the menace of fission ; The beginnings of a 'strategic game' ; Struggles over secrecy ; The midwives ; The strategic sabotage of heavy water ; The first glimpses of Germany's nuclear secrets ; The 'crown jewel' of secrets ; Intelligence blackout : the fatal mistake ; Fall out ; 'Hard evidence' of Soviet spying ; The secret agenda of General Groves ; The Bohr scare ; A vital clue vanishes ; 'Don't bother me with your scruples' : the loss of innocence ; The claws of the bear -- PART THREE: Lives in parallel: Niels Bohr and Klaus Fuchs ; The little fox ; Lunch in the Supreme Court ; 'The mission he had been waiting for' ; A president 'eager for help' ; The letter from Moscow ; The Prime Minister's mistake ; The bomb in trouble : mistakes at Los Alamos ; The President's mistake -- PART FOUR: The underestimate of the Russians. Bohr and Stalin ; Fuchs : shining in the shadows.
520			_a"The justification for the atomic bomb was simple: it would defeat Hitler and end the Second World War faster, saving lives. The reality was different. [This book] dismantles the conventional story of why the atom bomb was built. Peter Watson has found new documents showing that long before the Allied bomb was operational, it was clear that Germany had no atomic weapons of its own and was not likely to. The British knew this, but didn't share their knowledge with the Americans, who in turn deceived the British about the extent to which the Soviets had penetrated their plans to build and deploy the bomb. The dark secret was that the bomb was dropped not to decisively end the war in the Pacific but to warn off Stalin's Russia, still in principle a military ally of the US and Britain. It did not bring a hot war to an abrupt end; instead it set up the terms for a Cold one to begin. Moreover, none of the scientists recruited to build the bomb had any idea that the purpose of the bomb had been secretly changed and that Russian deterrence was its new objective. Fallout vividly reveals the story of the unnecessary building of the atomic bomb, the most destructive weapon in the world, and the long-term consequences that are still playing out to this day."--Jacket.
611	2	7	_aCold War (1945-1989) _2fast
611	2	7	_aWorld War (1939-1945) _2fast
648		7	_a1939-1991 _2fast
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xDiplomatic history.
650		0	_aAtomic bomb _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aAtomic bomb _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aAtomic bomb _zSoviet Union _xHistory.
650		0	_aNuclear arms control.
650		0	_aCold War.
650		7	_aHISTORY _xMilitary _xNuclear Warfare. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY _xMilitary _xWorld War II. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSCIENCE _xPhysics _xNuclear. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aAtomic bomb. _2fast
650		7	_aAtomic bomb _xPolitical aspects. _2fast
650		7	_aDiplomatic history. _2fast
650		7	_aDiplomatic relations. _2fast
650		7	_aNuclear arms control. _2fast
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zSoviet Union.
651		0	_aSoviet Union _xForeign relations _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _y1945-1953.
651		0	_aSoviet Union _xForeign relations _y1945-1991.
651		7	_aSoviet Union. _2fast
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast
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