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Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. Reprint. Paperback. New. New tightly bound trade softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. Clean text free of marks or underlining. B&W photos. Contains author's notes, bibliography and and an index. xvi, 373 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The true story of the government conspiracy to bring down J. Robert Oppenheimer, America's most famous scientist. On April 12, 1954, the nation was astonished to learn that J. Robert Oppenheimer was facing charges of violating national security. Could the director of the Manhattan Project, the visionary who led the effort to build the atom bomb, really be a traitor? In this riveting book, bestselling author Priscilla J. McMillan draws on newly declassified U.S. government documents and materials from Russia, as well as in-depth interviews, to expose for the first time the conspiracy that destroyed one of America's most illustrious scientists. McMillan recreates the fraught years from 1949 to 1955 when…
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by Priscilla J. McMillan; Foreword by Martin J. Sherwin
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- Title The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer: And the Birth of the Modern Arms Race
- Author Priscilla J. McMillan; Foreword by Martin J. Sherwin
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
- Date 2018-01-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781421425672 / 142142567X
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 1950's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Library of Congress subjects United States, History
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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