The Oppenheimer Case. The Trial of a Security System

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Curtis, Charles P. The Oppenheimer Case. The Trial of a Security System. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. Reprint. The Notable Trials Library, 1992. Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xi, 281 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Internally clean. A fine copy. $30. * A landmark contemporary legal and political analysis of the 1954 Atomic Energy Commission security clearance hearings involving J. Robert Oppenheimer. Curtis examines the transcript and findings of the Gray Board, offering a sharp critique of the American loyalty-security apparatus and how the fear-driven machinery of the early Cold War was used to sideline the country's foremost atomic scientist.

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The Oppenheimer Case. The Trial of a Security System
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Curtis, Charles P.; New Intro. Alan M. Dershowitz
Publication year
1992
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Hardcover
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