The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer: And The Birth Of The Modern Arms Race - Hardcover

Mcmillan, Priscilla J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670034223 ISBN 13: 9780670034222

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2005

Synopsis

A narrative based on newly declassified government documents and in-depth interviews describes the years during which scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and a group of scientists worked to prevent rivals from building more dangerous nuclear weapons only to become the victims of a McCarthy-era conspiracy. 40,000 first printing.

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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)

About the Author:

Priscilla Johnson McMillan is an associate of the Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard and the author of the bestselling Marina and Lee. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, HarperĀ’s Magazine, and Scientific American, among other places.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0670034223
• ISBN 13: 9780670034222
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 373