{"product_id":"german-national-socialism-and-the-quest-for-nuclear-power-1939-49-paperback-9780521438049","title":"German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power, 1939–49 (Paperback) 9780521438049","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGerman National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power, 1939–49\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fascinating account of how the Germans tried to develop nuclear fission before and during World War II.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Walker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521438049, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 17 December 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 1.6 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This view of Walker's seems more accurate and is vitally important because subsequently, prominent German physicists, particularly Heisenberg, were to claim that, not only were they 'only doing their duty' but that they actually slowed down the Nazi bomb.' Michael Hindley, Morning Star\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis a paperback edition of Professor Walker's full-scale examination of the German efforts to harness the economic, military and political power of nuclear fission between 1939 and 1949. The book explains clearly, in terms that the non-specialist can understand, what was involved in the Germans' quest, and in what ways the German scientists succeeded or failed in the development of 'the bomb'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Lightning War: Nuclear fission\u003cbr\u003e The German nuclear power project\u003cbr\u003e Moderators, isotope separation, and uranium machines\u003cbr\u003e Nuclear power and lightning war\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The War Slows Down: The end of the lightning war\u003cbr\u003e Nuclear power conferences\u003cbr\u003e National Socialism and German physics\u003cbr\u003e Progress and infighting\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The War Comes Home: Wonder weapons\u003cbr\u003e Uranium machines in Berlin-gottow\u003cbr\u003e Greater Germany and cultural imperialism\u003cbr\u003e Death from above and betrayal from within\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The War is Lost: Evacuation and self-preservation\u003cbr\u003e The heavy water dries up\u003cbr\u003e Harteck's circle, centrifuges, and special experiments\u003cbr\u003e Uranium machines and rock cellars\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The German Achievement in the American Shadow: The Alsos MIssion\u003cbr\u003e Farm Hall\u003cbr\u003e The Smyth Report\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. The Legacy of German National Socialism: The occupation of Germany\u003cbr\u003e Nazification and denazification\u003cbr\u003e The Goudsmit\/Heisenberg controversy\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. The Myth of the German Atomic Bomb: Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912985567512,"sku":"9780521438049","price":38.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521438049_d4c82992-ef7d-49d2-b8f8-c5a0ff34a994.gif?v=1691381871","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/german-national-socialism-and-the-quest-for-nuclear-power-1939-49-paperback-9780521438049","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}