- Description
- 1 online resource.
- Summary
- "Explores why the United States government, considering how successfully it conducted the atomic intelligence effort against the Germans in World War II, was unable to create an effective atomic intelligence system to monitor Soviet scientific and nuclear capabilities"--
- Uniform Title
- Nuclear spies (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Nuclear spies (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Contents
- Introduction : the principal uncertainty -- A reasonable fear : American (mis)perception of the German nuclear program -- Making something out of nothing : the creation of American nuclear intelligence -- Alsos : the mission to solve the mystery of the German bomb -- Transitions : from the German threat to the Soviet menace -- Regression : the post-war devolution of American nuclear intelligence -- Whistling in the dark : American (mis)perception of the Soviet nuclear program -- Conclusion : credit where credit is due.
- LCCN
- 2018052485
- OCLC
- ssj0002247116
- Author
Houghton, Vince.
- Title
The nuclear spies [electronic resource] : America's atomic intelligence operation against Hitler and Stalin / Vince Houghton.
- Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
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- Other Form:
Print version: Houghton, Vince, author. Nuclear spies Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501739590 (DLC) 2018052015