Hitler's Atomic Bomb

History, Legend, and the Twin Legacies of Auschwitz and Hiroshima

AvMark Walker

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Who were the German scientists who worked on atomic bombs during World War II for Hitler's regime? How did they justify themselves afterwards? Examining the global influence of the German uranium project and postwar reactions to the scientists involved, Mark Walker explores the narratives surrounding 'Hitler's bomb'. The global impacts of this project were cataclysmic. Credible reports of German developments spurred the American Manhattan Project, the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and in turn the Soviet efforts. After the war these scientists' work was overshadowed by the twin shocks of Auschwitz and Hiroshima. Hitler's Atomic Bomb sheds light on the postwar criticism and subsequent rehabilitation of the German scientists, including the controversial legend of Werner Heisenberg and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker's visit to occupied Copenhagen in 1941. This scientifically accurate but non-technical history examines the impact of German efforts to harness nuclear fission, and the surrounding debates and legends.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-07-18
Mått:159 x 236 x 25 mm
Vikt:670 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:380
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009479288

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Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Andra världskriget inom Historia och arkeologi
Kärnvapen inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Mark Walker is the John Bigelow Professor of History at Union College, Schenectady, New York. His research interests include twentieth-century science, particularly science and technology under National Socialism. Previous publications include The Kaiser Wilhelm Society during National Socialism (Cambridge, 2009), and The German Physical Society in the Third Reich: Physicists between Autonomy and Accomodation (Cambridge, 2012).

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'Hitler's Atomic Bomb is a masterful account of the German nuclear program in history and mythology. Based on the latest research, Walker demonstrates that Nazi Germany never had the resources to build a bomb, but that possibility haunted and divided physicists long after the war.' Michael J. Neufeld, author of Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; Part I. The Bomb: 1. Farm hall; 2. Nuclear fission; 3. Lightning war; 4. Selling uranium; 5. Total war; 6. The War is Lost; Part II. Living with the Bomb; 7. Oversimplifications; 8. Compromising with Hitler; 9. Rehabilitation; 10. Copenhagen; Conclusion; Epilogue. The historian as historical actor.