Spies in the Congo: The race for the ore that built the atomic bomb. - Williams, Susan.
The Race for the Ore That Built the Atomic Bomb
KORTE INHOUD
Hardcover, dj, in-8, 320 pp., illustrations, maps, bibliographical notes, bibliography, filmography, index.
Based on recently declassified material. Contains vital information about the Shinkolobwe mine in the (Belgian) Congo.
Review:
The core in America’s first atom bombs came from rich uranium deposits deep inside Belgian Congo, and Williams (Who Killed Hammarskjöld?), a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, details the Allied efforts to secure that source of uranium in light of reports that Nazi Germany had begun to develop an atomic weapon. He uses newly released records from American, British, and Belgian archives, including from the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Derring-do is in short supply, and the ore shipments proceeded smoothly, but readers will not regret learning about the activities of some of America’s least heralded spies. Williams’s central figure is Dock Hogue, an engineer with a taste for adventure who was recruited by the OSS and sent t...
Based on recently declassified material. Contains vital information about the Shinkolobwe mine in the (Belgian) Congo.
Review:
The core in America’s first atom bombs came from rich uranium deposits deep inside Belgian Congo, and Williams (Who Killed Hammarskjöld?), a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, details the Allied efforts to secure that source of uranium in light of reports that Nazi Germany had begun to develop an atomic weapon. He uses newly released records from American, British, and Belgian archives, including from the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Derring-do is in short supply, and the ore shipments proceeded smoothly, but readers will not regret learning about the activities of some of America’s least heralded spies. Williams’s central figure is Dock Hogue, an engineer with a taste for adventure who was recruited by the OSS and sent t...
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2016Uitgever: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd369 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1849046387ISBN-13: 9781849046381Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Spies in the Congo - The Race for the Ore That Built the Atomic Bomb
Hardcover, dj, in-8, 320 pp., illustrations, maps, bibliographical notes, bibliography, filmography, index.
Based on recently declassified material. Contains vital information about the Shinkolobwe mine in the (Belgian) Congo.
Review:
The core in America’s first atom bombs came from rich uranium deposits deep inside Belgian Congo, and Williams (Who Killed Hammarskjöld?), a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth...
Spies in the Congo - The Race for the Ore That Built the Atomic Bomb
Hardcover, dj, in-8, 320 pp., illustrations, maps, bibliographical notes, bibliography, filmography, index.
Based on recently declassified material. Contains vital information about the Shinkolobwe mine in the (Belgian) Congo.
Review:
The core in America’s first atom bombs came from rich uranium deposits deep inside Belgian Congo, and Williams (Who Killed Hammarskjöld?), a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth...
