Book ID: CBB000773346

Cabinets and the Bomb (2007)

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Hennessy, Peter (Editor)


Oxford University Press for the British Academy


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xi + 356 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description “Previously classified [British] Cabinet papers and related archives, dealing with the first theoretical scientific breakthrough in 1940 ... to the Polaris missile upgrading decisions of the 1970s.” Hennessy's narrative brings the story up to 2007. (from the publisher)


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Authors & Contributors
Walker, John
McRae, Kenneth D
Strasser, Bruno J.
Smith, Melissa
Slayton, Rebecca
Sime, Ruth Lewin
Concepts
Science and war; science and the military
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Physics
Science and politics
Cold War
Science and government
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
Germany
West Germany
Switzerland
Japan
Institutions
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S.)
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Chemie
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