The late Ken Young was Professor of Public Policy at King's College, London. He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Academy of Social Sciences and the author of The American Bomb in Britain.The late Warner R. Schilling was James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations Emeritus at Columbia University, where he taught for six decades and served as director of Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies. He published books and articles on civil-military relations, military technology, nuclear strategy, and the role of science in foreign policy.

Super Bomb is well written, cogently argued, and deeply researched. The narrative is supported with robust archival materials and illuminating contemporaneous interviews with myriad policy makers, scientists, and officers who personally witnessed—and in many cases influenced—this critical episode.(Choice) Sixty years of gestation makes Super Bomb a unique book and, intellectually speaking, an interesting archaeological find.(Perspectives on Politics) [T]he long delay in having the project come to fruition is a serendipitous boon for historians. hHe interviews contain many near-contemporaneous observations and insights from the principals in the superbomb decision.(journal of cold war studies) Young, a British academic, took Schilling's material, carried out some additional research, and crafted a compelling book that was published posthumously.(Foreign Affairs)

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Shock of the "New World"2. Advising on the Super3. A Decision Reached4. Moral and Political Consequences5. Dissent and Development6. Tactical Diversions7. Rewriting Los AlamosConclusionsNotesBibliographyIndex

The late Ken Young was Professor of Public Policy at King's College, London. He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Academy of Social Sciences and the author of The American Bomb in Britain.The late Warner R. Schilling was James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations Emeritus at Columbia University, where he taught for six decades and served as director of Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies. He published books and articles on civil-military relations, military technology, nuclear strategy, and the role of science in foreign policy.

Super Bomb is well written, cogently argued, and deeply researched. The narrative is supported with robust archival materials and illuminating contemporaneous interviews with myriad policy makers, scientists, and officers who personally witnessed—and in many cases influenced—this critical episode.(Choice) Sixty years of gestation makes Super Bomb a unique book and, intellectually speaking, an interesting archaeological find.(Perspectives on Politics) [T]he long delay in having the project come to fruition is a serendipitous boon for historians. hHe interviews contain many near-contemporaneous observations and insights from the principals in the superbomb decision.(journal of cold war studies) Young, a British academic, took Schilling's material, carried out some additional research, and crafted a compelling book that was published posthumously.(Foreign Affairs)

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Shock of the "New World"2. Advising on the Super3. A Decision Reached4. Moral and Political Consequences5. Dissent and Development6. Tactical Diversions7. Rewriting Los AlamosConclusionsNotesBibliographyIndex

The late Ken Young was Professor of Public Policy at King's College, London. He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Academy of Social Sciences and the author of The American Bomb in Britain.The late Warner R. Schilling was James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations Emeritus at Columbia University, where he taught for six decades and served as director of Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies. He published books and articles on civil-military relations, military technology, nuclear strategy, and the role of science in foreign policy.

Super Bomb is well written, cogently argued, and deeply researched. The narrative is supported with robust archival materials and illuminating contemporaneous interviews with myriad policy makers, scientists, and officers who personally witnessed—and in many cases influenced—this critical episode.(Choice) Sixty years of gestation makes Super Bomb a unique book and, intellectually speaking, an interesting archaeological find.(Perspectives on Politics) [T]he long delay in having the project come to fruition is a serendipitous boon for historians. hHe interviews contain many near-contemporaneous observations and insights from the principals in the superbomb decision.(journal of cold war studies) Young, a British academic, took Schilling's material, carried out some additional research, and crafted a compelling book that was published posthumously.(Foreign Affairs)

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Shock of the "New World"2. Advising on the Super3. A Decision Reached4. Moral and Political Consequences5. Dissent and Development6. Tactical Diversions7. Rewriting Los AlamosConclusionsNotesBibliographyIndex