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Hunter Driscoll
June 26, 2008
Hist 4000
Annotated Bibliography
Albright, Joseph and Marcia Kunstel. Bombshell: The Secret Story of
America’s Unknown Atomic Spy Conspiracy. New York: Random House, 1997.
Bombshell is a highly
detailed account of the spy rings within the Manhattan Project. This
scholarly book is mainly oriented towards well interested readers as it can
become quite tedious in its details and quickly bore the reader. It is
useful to this writer’s thesis because it shows how risks were taken from a
espionage point of view.
Cohen, Daniel. The Manhattan Project. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook
Press, 1999.
This monograph is a very
accessible general resource about the construction of the first atomic
bomb. It is very easy to read and contains many fascinating quotations
about risks. In fact he does a good job of focusing on the risks taken
during the project. This resource is very helpful in focusing my research.
Groves, Leslie. Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project.
New York: Harper and Row, 1962.
This is a recollection from
General Groves, the Director of the Manhattan Project. It is a very useful
source to cross reference from other books. To hear what it was like from
the man who was there at every step taken towards completion of the bomb.
He can be a bit limited in scope as he only recalls things that he witnessed
or was a part of during the project. Conversely he was a part of almost
every aspect of the development.
Hacker, Barton. The Dragon’s Tail: Radiation Safety in the Manhattan
Project, 1942-1946. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1987.
This man is the Curator of
the Military history division of the National Museum of American History of
the Smithsonian. This book is the perfect resource for unearthing
information about the medical risk undertaken during the quest for the
atomic bomb. It is very informative about the risks taken without going
into excessive details about medicine.
Hales, Peter Bacon. Atomic Spaces: Living on the Manhattan Project.
Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1997.
This giant book is full of
vivid accounts of the day to day life at Los Alamos. Hales is a professor
at the University of Illinois Press in Art History. He offers something
different from the other authors on the life of Los Alamos. He is very
detailed and hopefully will show risks in security.
Hull, McAllister. Rider of the Pale Horse: A Memoir of Los Alamos and
Beyond. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005.
Hull does a unique thing and
discusses the moral implications of the development of the bomb. He also
talks about the development of the bomb in this general narrative. It is a
good book for formulating a thesis.
Kelly, Cynthia C., ed. The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic
bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians. New
York: Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, Inc., 2007.
This is one of the most
useful books in existence on the subject of the Manhattan Project. Using
excerpts from countless books, Kelly weaves an intricate story chronicling
the development of the atomic weapon. With an extensive bibliography, her
book will be an invaluable guide in discovering more useful research.
Nichols, K. D. The Road to Trinity. New York: William Morrow and
Company, Inc., 1987.
The words of the chief aide
to General Groves are very informative. This book will contain many unique
insights into the mind of Groves and the other administrative leaders of the
Manhattan Project. One major setback will be his lack of knowledge about
scientific risks the developers had to endure.
Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and
Dissertations. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
This invaluable resource will
guide me through the complex task of citing and formatting my paper. The
eleventh edition will carry the most up to date information on formatting
historical papers. This book will contain many unique insights into the
mind of Groves and the other administrative leaders of the Manhattan
Project.
Wilson, Jane and Charlotte Serber, eds. Standing By and Making Do: Women
of Wartime Los Alamos. Los Alamos, New Mexico: The Lost Alamos
Historical Society, 1988.
This is a collection of
stories from various women of Los Alamos. The editors did a expert job when
they selected different stories and tied them all together in a way which
exposed the life in New Mexico. Wilson has a special insight as she is one
of the women who worked at Los Alamos.
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