Building the bombs : a history of the nuclear weapons complex

Building the bombs : a history of the nuclear weapons complex / Charles R. Loeber ; edited by Lorna Gail Clark and Phil Brittenham ; illustrated by Michael Townsend ; designed by Jan Gaunce.

Author/creator	Loeber, Charles R.
Other author/creator	Clark, Lorna Gail.
Other author/creator	Brittenham, Phillip W.
Other author/creator	Sandia National Laboratories.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	3rd ed.
Publication Info	Albuquerque, N.M. : Sandia National Laboratories, 2012, ©2002.
Description	xviii, 266 pages : illustrations (some color), map, portrait, charts ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Read online (in color)
Subject(s)	Nuclear weapons--United States --History. Nuclear weapons--History.

Portion of title	History of the nuclear weapons complex
Contents	Einstein opens the door -- The Manhattan Project -- German atomic bomb program -- Espionage during the Manhattan Project -- Creating the Cold War -- Two scorpions in a bottle -- Tests and test sites -- Performance improvements -- To the brink -- Safety and security improvements -- Ending the Cold War -- Maintaining deterrence -- Epilogue -- Appendices.
General note	Shipping list no.: 2013-0093-P.
General note	"SAND # 2012-7878P"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Funding information	"Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000."--P. iv.
GPO item number	0429-A
Govt. docs number	E 1.2:B 86/9/2012

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