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Manhattan: The Army and the Atomic Bomb; United States Army in World War II Special Studies

198575729Washington DC: United States Army Center of Military History 1985. First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very good. xx 660 pages. Illustrations. Tables. Charts. Maps. Bibliographic Note. Guide to Archival Collections. List of Abbreviations. Index. Frontis illustration. Corners bumped. The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946 the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that designed the actual bombs. The Army component of the project was designated the Manhattan District; Manhattan gradually superseded the official codename Development of Substitute Materials for the entire project. The Manhattan Project grew to employ more than 130000 people and cost nearly US$2 billion. The U.S. Army played a key role in the formation and administration of the Manhattan Project the organization which produced the atomic bombs that contributed to ending the war with Japan and opened the atomic age. The volume begins with an overview atomic energy and the problems developing an atomic weapon. Early chapters describe the beginning of the Army's atomic mission the formation of the Manhattan District the first steps in acquiring the means to produce atomic weapons and the appointment of General Groves. Subsequent chapters trace the building and operation of the large-scale process plants for the production of fissionable materials; the administration of support activities; and the fabrication testing and combat employment of atomic bombs. A last section describes how the Army dealt with the problems arising during its prolonged postwar trusteeship of the project until December 1946 United States Army, Center of Military History hardcover

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