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Paperback. Condizione: Good. Historian James Kunetka examines the unlikely collaboration between rock-ribbed military engineer and project manager Leslie Richard Groves and unstable-but-brilliant communist sympathizer Robert Oppenheimer to bring the Manhattan Project to fruition, beat the Nazis to the atomic bomb, save the world, and--for better or worse--define the fraught existential condition of our modern age. Two ambitious men. One historic mission. With a blinding flash in the New Mexico desert in the summer of 1945, the world was changed forever. The bomb that ushered in the atomic age was the product of one of history's most improbable partnerships. The General and the Genius reveals how two extraordinary men pulled off the greatest scientific feat of the twentieth century. Leslie Richard Groves of the Army Corps of Engineers, who had made his name by building the Pentagon in record time and under budget, was made overlord of the impossibly vast scientific enterprise known as the Manhattan Project. His mission: to beat the Nazis to the atomic bomb. So he turned to the nation's preeminent theoretical physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer--the chain-smoking, martini-quaffing son of wealthy Jewish immigrants, whose background was riddled with communist associations--Groves's opposite in nearly every respect. In their three-year collaboration, the iron-willed general and the visionary scientist led a brilliant team in a secret mountaintop lab and built the fearsome weapons that ended the war but introduced the human race to unimaginable new terrors. And at the heart of this most momentous work of World War II is the story of two extraordinary men--the general and the genius.…

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Condizione: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

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Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Praise for Operation Snow I found Operation Snow to be an irresistible page-turner. The attack exacted a terrible toll on both countries and changed the world forever. It is important to understand why that happened. Koster has made a significant contribution. Admiral Ronald J. Hays USN (Ret), former commander in chief Pacific Forces To paraphrase Cicero, a nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious, but, as a rule, it cannot survive treason from within, especially when the traitorin this case Harry Dexter Whiteis allowed to lead the fools and the ambitious. The U.S. survived. It s a cautionary talethe exception that proves the rule. Thomas K. Kimmel Jr., former FBI agent, Pearl Harbor scholar, grandson of Admiral Husband Kimmel Fascinating and compulsively readable. What a book! The House Un-American Activities Committee transcripts are arresting in their exposure of White s duplicity. Louise Barnett, Ph.D., professor of American Studies, Rutgers University, author of Atrocity and American Military Justice in Southeast Asia and Touched by Fire John Koster s Operation Snow opens a whole new window on the Russian role in fomenting Japan s attack on Pearl Harbor to safeguard Russia s eastern front. Edward H. Bonekemper I, Civil War historian, author of Grant and Lee This book is important because Harry Dexter White was the most dangerous traitor in American history. Mikhail Smirnov, MA, Moscow University, former Soviet soldier.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Praise for Operation Snow I found Operation Snow to be an irresistible page-turner. The attack exacted a terrible toll on both countries and changed the world forever. It is important to understand why that happened. Koster has made a significant contribution. Admiral Ronald J. Hays USN (Ret), former commander in chief Pacific Forces To paraphrase Cicero, a nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious, but, as a rule, it cannot survive treason from within, especially when the traitorin this case Harry Dexter Whiteis allowed to lead the fools and the ambitious. The U.S. survived. It s a cautionary talethe exception that proves the rule. Thomas K. Kimmel Jr., former FBI agent, Pearl Harbor scholar, grandson of Admiral Husband Kimmel Fascinating and compulsively readable. What a book! The House Un-American Activities Committee transcripts are arresting in their exposure of White s duplicity. Louise Barnett, Ph.D., professor of American Studies, Rutgers University, author of Atrocity and American Military Justice in Southeast Asia and Touched by Fire John Koster s Operation Snow opens a whole new window on the Russian role in fomenting Japan s attack on Pearl Harbor to safeguard Russia s eastern front. Edward H. Bonekemper I, Civil War historian, author of Grant and Lee This book is important because Harry Dexter White was the most dangerous traitor in American history. Mikhail Smirnov, MA, Moscow University, former Soviet soldier. …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Praise for Operation Snow I found Operation Snow to be an irresistible page-turner. The attack exacted a terrible toll on both countries and changed the world forever. It is important to understand why that happened. Koster has made a significant contribution. Admiral Ronald J. Hays USN (Ret), former commander in chief Pacific Forces To paraphrase Cicero, a nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious, but, as a rule, it cannot survive treason from within, especially when the traitorin this case Harry Dexter Whiteis allowed to lead the fools and the ambitious. The U.S. survived. It s a cautionary talethe exception that proves the rule. Thomas K. Kimmel Jr., former FBI agent, Pearl Harbor scholar, grandson of Admiral Husband Kimmel Fascinating and compulsively readable. What a book! The House Un-American Activities Committee transcripts are arresting in their exposure of White s duplicity. Louise Barnett, Ph.D., professor of American Studies, Rutgers University, author of Atrocity and American Military Justice in Southeast Asia and Touched by Fire John Koster s Operation Snow opens a whole new window on the Russian role in fomenting Japan s attack on Pearl Harbor to safeguard Russia s eastern front. Edward H. Bonekemper I, Civil War historian, author of Grant and Lee This book is important because Harry Dexter White was the most dangerous traitor in American history. Mikhail Smirnov, MA, Moscow University, former Soviet soldier.…

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Condizione: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Condizione: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

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Condizione: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.