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The Atomic Bomb

A selection of books that discuss the race to create nuclear arms, including books on the Manhattan Project and the physicist credited as the father of the atomic bomb.

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  • American Prometheus

    the Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    Bird, Kai,
    Book, 2006New York : Vintage Books, 2006. — 530.092 BIR
  • The Apocalypse Factory

    Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age

    Olson, Steve, 1956-
    Book, 2020New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2020. — 623.4 OLS
  • Countdown 1945

    the Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World

    Wallace, Chris
    Book, 2020New York : Avid Reader Press, 2020. — 940.54 WAL
  • Spies in the Congo

    America's Atomic Mission in World War II

    Williams, A. Susan
    Book, 2016New York : Public Affairs, 2016. — 553.4932 WIL
  • Fallout

    the Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revelaed It to the World

    Blume, Lesley M. M.
    Book, 2020New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020. — 940.54 BLU
  • The Age of Radiance

    the Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era

    Nelson, Craig, 1955-
    Book, 2014New York, NY : Scribner, 2014. — 539.75 NEL
  • Hiroshima, Nagasaki

    the Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath

    Ham, Paul
    Book, 2014New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, [2014] — 940.5425 HAM
  • Trinity

    a Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb

    Fetter-Vorm, Jonathan, 1983-
    Graphic Novel, 2012New York : Hill and Wang, 2012. — FETTERVO
  • The Girls of Atomic City

    the Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

    Kiernan, Denise
    Book, 2013New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013. — 976.873 KIE
  • The Bastard Brigade

    the True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb

    Kean, Sam
    Book, 2019New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. — 355.825 KEA
  • Churchill's Bomb

    How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race

    Farmelo, Graham,
    Book, 2013[Place of publication not identified] : Perseus Books Group, 2013. — 355.8251 FAR
  • Bomb

    the Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

    Sheinkin, Steve
    Book, 2012New York : Roaring Brook Press, [2012] — 623.4511 SHE
  • Command and Control

    Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

    Schlosser, Eric
    eAudiobook, 2013Books on Tape, 2013
  • Atomic Spy

    the Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs

    Greenspan, Nancy Thorndike
    Book, 2020New York : Viking, 2020. — 327.1247 GRE
  • The Bomb

    Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War

    Kaplan, Fred M.
    Book, 2020New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020. — 355.02 KAP
  • The Partnership

    Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb

    Taubman, Philip
    Book, 2012New York : Harper, [2012] — 327.1747 TAU
  • Red Cloud at Dawn

    Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly

    Gordin, Michael D.
    Book, 2009New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2009] — 355.0217 GOR