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Target Hiroshima

Deak Parsons and the creation of the atomic bomb

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An edition of Target Hiroshima (1998)

Target Hiroshima

Deak Parsons and the creation of the atomic bomb

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For better or worse, Navy captain William S. "Deak" Parsons made the atomic bomb happen. As ordnance chief and associate director at Los Alamos, Parsons turned the scientists' nuclear creation into a practical weapon. As weaponeer, he completed the assembly of "Little Boy" during the flight to Hiroshima. As bomb commander, he approved the release of the bomb that forever changed the world.

Yet over the past fifty years only fragments of his story have appeared, in part because of his own self-effacement and the nation's demand for secrecy. Based on recently declassified Manhattan Project documents, including Parsons' logs and other untapped sources, the book offers an unvarnished account of this unsung hero and his involvement in some of the greatest scientific advances of the twentieth century.

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Naval Institute Press
Language
English
Pages
305

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Subjects
United States, United States. Navy, Admirals, Biography, Atomic bomb, History
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William Sterling Parsons (1901-1953)
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United States

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Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the creation of the atomic bomb
1998, Naval Institute Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-292) and index.

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Annapolis, Md

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359/.0092, B
Library of Congress
V63.P35 C47 1998, V63.P35C47 1998

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Pagination
xii, 305 p. :
Number of pages
305

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OL343623M
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1557501203
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98002553
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38257982
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1600394
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284712

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