The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer: And the Birth of the Modern Arms Race - Softcover

Mcmillan, Priscilla J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142001155 ISBN 13: 9780142001158

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2006

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Review:

"Pricilla J. McMillan understands that reality and, without patronizing the reader, writes an engrossing narrative that anyone with any level of background―or lack thereof―on this most important of subjects can follow"

(New York Journal of Books)

"Stunning... [an] extraordinary book."

(The New York Review of Books)

"This brief but penetrating account of [Oppenheimer's] downfall may come closest to explaining his contemporary relevance."

(New York Times Book Review)

"A must-read... No details are spared in exploring whether the hydrogen bomb's development could have been averted and history possibly changed, nor in examining the jealousy and deception that ultimately destroyed Oppenheimer."

(The Christian Science Monitor)

"A superb and fascinating book that illuminates unseen dimensions of one of the most controversial American stories of the twentieth century."

(Michael Beschloss)

Review:

"McMillan offers a meticulously detailed account of the trial and the McCarthy-era shenanigans that surrounded it."

(Booklist)

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0142001155
• ISBN 13: 9780142001158
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 373