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Manhattan, the Army and the Atomic Bomb

The role of the War Department, Manhattan District, and other Army agencies and individuals from 1939 through World War II in developing and employing the atomic bomb
Print Book, English, 1985
Center of Military History, U.S. Army : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., Washington, D.C., 1985
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xx, 660 pages, 4 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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The army and the atomic energy program, 1939-1942
Establishing the Manhattan district
First steps for weapon development
General Groves takes command
Organizing for production
The electromagnetic process
The gaseous diffusion process
The liquid thermal diffusion process
The pile process
Anglo-American collaboration
Security
Foreign intelligence operations
The raw materials program
The feed materials program
Land acquisition
Manpower procurement
Manpower conservation
Electric power
Communications and transportation
Health and safety
The atomic communities in Tennessee
The atomic communities in Washington state
The atomic communities in New Mexico
The Los Alamos weapon program
Weapon development and testing
The atomic bombing of Japan
The atomic age and its problems
The army and the atomic energy program, 1945-1947