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Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States
By Alex Wellerstein. 2021
The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings…
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there were efforts to control the spread of nuclear information and the newly discovered scientific facts that made such powerful weapons possible. The totalizing scientific secrecy that the atomic bomb appeared to demand was unusual and very nearly unprecedented. It was foreign to American science and American democracy—and potentially incompatible with both. From the beginning, this secrecy was controversial, and it was always contested. The atomic bomb was not merely the application of science to war, but the result of decades of investment in scientific education, infrastructure, and global collaboration. If secrecy became the norm, how would science survive? Drawing on troves of declassified files, including records released by the government for the first time through the author’s efforts, Restricted Data traces the complex evolution of the US nuclear secrecy regime from the first whisper of the atomic bomb through the mounting tensions of the Cold War and into the early twenty-first century. A compelling history of powerful ideas at war, it tells a story that feels distinctly American: rich, sprawling, and built on the conflict between high-minded idealism and ugly, fearful power.Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States
By Alex Wellerstein. 2021
The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings…
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there were efforts to control the spread of nuclear information and the newly discovered scientific facts that made such powerful weapons possible. The totalizing scientific secrecy that the atomic bomb appeared to demand was unusual and very nearly unprecedented. It was foreign to American science and American democracy—and potentially incompatible with both. From the beginning, this secrecy was controversial, and it was always contested. The atomic bomb was not merely the application of science to war, but the result of decades of investment in scientific education, infrastructure, and global collaboration. If secrecy became the norm, how would science survive? Drawing on troves of declassified files, including records released by the government for the first time through the author’s efforts, Restricted Data traces the complex evolution of the US nuclear secrecy regime from the first whisper of the atomic bomb through the mounting tensions of the Cold War and into the early twenty-first century. A compelling history of powerful ideas at war, it tells a story that feels distinctly American: rich, sprawling, and built on the conflict between high-minded idealism and ugly, fearful power.Why Germany nearly won: a new history of the Second World War in Europe
By Steven D Mercatante. 2013
Conventional wisdom explains German defeat during World War II as almost inevitable, primarily for reasons of Allied economic or military…
brute force created when Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941 and entered into a two-front war.The Death of Hitler's War Machine: The Final Destruction of the Wehrmacht
By Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.. 2021
It was the endgame for Hitler's Reich. In the winter of 1944–45, Germany staked everything on its surprise campaign in…
the Ardennes, the &“Battle of the Bulge.&” But when American and Allied forces recovered from their initial shock, the German forces were left fighting for their very survival—especially on the Eastern Front, where the Soviet army was intent on matching, or even surpassing, Nazi atrocities. At the mercy of the Fuehrer, who refused to acknowledge reality and forbade German retreats, the Wehrmacht was slowly annihilated in horrific battles that have rarely been adequately covered in histories of the Second World War—especially the brutal Soviet siege of Budapest, which became known as the &“Stalingrad of the Waffen-SS.&” Capping a career that has produced more than forty books, Dr. Samuel W. Mitcham now tells the extraordinary tale of how Hitler&’s once-dreaded war machine came to a cataclysmic end, from the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 to the German surrender in May 1945. Making use of German wartime papers and memoirs—some rarely seen in English-language sources—Mitcham&’s sweeping narrative deserves a place on the shelf of every student of World War II.Clinical Research Involving Pregnant Women: Missed Trials (Research Ethics Forum #3)
By Fran oise Baylis, Angela Ballantyne. 2016
This book discusses how to respectfully and responsibly include pregnant women in clinical research …
In sharp contrast the existing literature predominantly focuses on the reasons why the inclusion of pregnant women in clinical research is necessary - viz to develop effective treatments for women during pregnancy to promote fetal safety to reduce harm to women and fetuses from suboptimal care and to allow access to the benefits of research participation This book supports the shift to a new default position whereby pregnant women are included in clinical research unless researchers argue convincingly for their exclusion This shift raises many as yet unexplored ethical and policy questions about existing barriers to the equitable inclusion of pregnant women in research This book is original in three key ways First it presents an unparalleled depth of analysis of the ethics of research with pregnant women bringing together many of the key authors in this field as well as experts in research ethics and in vulnerability who have not previously applied their work to pregnant women Second it includes innovative theoretical work in ethics and disease specific case studies that highlight the current complexity and future challenges of research involving pregnant women Third the book brings together authors who argue both for and against including more pregnant women in formal clinical trialsStalin's other war: Soviet grand strategy, 1939-1941
By Albert Loren Weeks. 2002
On June 22, 1941, just less than two years after signing the Nazi-Soviet Agreements, Adolf Hitler's German army invaded the…
Soviet Union. The attack hardly came as a surprise to Josef Stalin; in fact, history has long held that Stalin spent the two intervening years building up his defenses against a Nazi attack. With the gradual declassifying of former Soviet documents, though, historians are learning more and more about Stalin's grand plan during the years 1939-1941. Longtime Soviet expert Albert L. Weeks has studied the newly-released information and come to a different conclusion about the Soviet Union's pre-war buildup - it was not precaution against German invasion at all. In fact, Weeks argues, the evidence now suggests Soviet mobilization was aimed at an eventual invasion of Nazi Germany. The Soviets were quietly biding their time between 1939 and 1941, allowing the capitalist powers to destroy one another, all the while preparing for their own Westward march. Stalin, Weeks shows, wasn't waiting for a Nazi attack_Hitler simply beat him to the punch.Victory at Stalingrad: the battle that changed history
By Geoffrey Roberts. 2002
Victory at Stalingrad tells the gripping strategic and military story of that battle. The hard-won Soviet victory prevented Hitler from…
waging the Second World War for another ten years and set the Germans on the road to defeat. The Soviet victory also prevented the Nazis from completing the Final Solution, the wholesale destruction of European Jewry, which began with Hitler’s "War of Annihilation" against the Soviets on the Eastern Front.The nameless war
By Ramsay, A. H. M. 2012
By the only serving Member of Parliament to be detained under the anti-democratic Defence Regulation 18B during World War II.…
An avowed opponent of Jewish power, Captain Ramsay was arrested in 1940 and only released in 1944. He immediately took up his seat in Parliament once again.Hitler's last days: an eye-witness account
By Gerhard Boldt, Sandra Bance. 1973
In the last months of the Second World War, Gerhardt Boldt, a young cavalry officer serving on the Russian Front,…
found himself seconded to Gehlen's military intelligence staff in Berlin. Summoned to daily briefing session with the Fuhrer, his Generals and closest associates - in particular Bormann, Goering and Goebbels - Boldt has a unique opportunity of observing at close quarters the leading members of the Nazi hierarchy.Stalingrad to Kursk: triumph of the Red Army
By Geoffrey Jukes. 2011
The epic battles fought at Stalingrad and Kursk were pivotal events in the war on the Eastern Front. After the…
catastrophic failure of the German offensives of 1942 and 1943, the Wehrmacht was forced onto the defensive. Never again would it regain the initiative against the seemingly inexhaustible forces of the Red Army. But how did this decisive shift in the balance of military power on the Eastern Front come about? This question has intrigued historians ever since. In this original and thought-provoking new study Geoffrey Jukes reconstructs Soviet strategy and operations at Stalingrad and Kursk in vivid detail. He looks behind the scenes at the workings of the Soviet high command, at the roles played by the principal Red Army generals, and at the overriding influence of Stalin himself. There is an equally acute insight into German war aims and military planning as Hitler's armies geared themselves up to launch a sequence of massive offensives that would have a decisive impact on the outcome of the war. This authoritative and highly readable reassessment of the turning point in the war on the Eastern Front is a major contribution to the debate about the reasons for the military defeat of Nazi Germany.Hitler's Stalingrad decisions (International Crisis Behavior Ser. #Vol. 5)
By Geoffrey Jukes. 1985
Warsaw Ghetto Police: The Jewish Order Service during the Nazi Occupation
By Katarzyna Person. 2021
In Warsaw Ghetto Police, Katarzyna Person shines a spotlight on the lawyers, engineers, young yeshiva graduates, and sons of connected…
businessmen who, in the autumn of 1940, joined the newly formed Jewish Order Service.Person tracks the everyday life of policemen as their involvement with the horrors of ghetto life gradually increased. Facing and engaging with brutality, corruption, and the degradation and humiliation of their own people, these policemen found it virtually impossible to exercise individual agency. While some saw the Jewish police as fellow victims, others viewed them as a more dangerous threat than the German occupation authorities; both were held responsible for the destruction of a historically important and thriving community. Person emphasizes the complexity of the situation, the policemen's place in the network of social life in the ghetto, and the difficulty behind the choices that they made. By placing the actions of the Jewish Order Service in historical context, she explores both the decisions that its members were forced to make and the consequences of those actions.Featuring testimonies of members of the Jewish Order Service, and of others who could see them as they themselves could not, Warsaw Ghetto Police brings these impossible situations to life. It also demonstrates how a community chooses to remember those whose allegiances did not seem clear.Published in Association with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.Midway inquest: why the Japanese lost the Battle of Midway (Twentieth-century Battles Ser.)
By Dallas Woodbury Isom. 2007
Midway, the most famous naval battle in American history, has been the subject of many excellent books. However, none satisfactorily…
explain why the Japanese lost that battle, given their overwhelming advantage in firepower.Fighting the bombers: the Luftwaffe's struggle against the Allied bomber offensive (World War Ii German Debriefs Ser.)
By David C Isby, Josef Kammhuber. 2003
Hitler's war 1942-1945
By David John Cawdell Irving. 1989
The chief culprit: Stalin's grand design to start World War II
By Viktor Souvorov. 2013
Pro-Life, Pro-Choice: Shared Values in the Abortion Debate
By Bertha Alvarez Manninen. 2014
In this provocative and accessible book, the author defends a pro-choice perspective but also takes seriously pro-life concerns about the…
moral value of the human fetus, questioning whether a fetus is nothing more than "mere tissue." She examines the legal status of the fetus in the recent Personhood Amendments in state legislatures and in Supreme Court decisions and asks whether Roe v. Wade should have focused on the viability of the fetus or on the bodily integrity of the woman. Manninen approaches the abortion controversy through a variety of perspectives and ethical frameworks. She addresses the social circumstances that influence many women's decision to abort and considers whether we believe that there are good and bad reasons to abort. Manninen also looks at the call for post-abortion fetal grieving rituals for women who desire them and the attempt to make room in the pro-choice position for the views of prospective fathers. The author spells out how the two sides demonize each other and proposes ways to find degrees of convergence between the seemingly intractable positions.Hiroshima in America: a half century of denial
By Robert Jay Lifton, Greg Mitchell. 1996
A half century after the bombing of Hiroshima, two distinguished writers look at the impact of the use of the…
A-bomb, and the supression of debate, on American life. Lifton and Mitchell question why Hiroshima still touches such a raw nerve, and explore the distortion and supression of information about the use of the bomb.Alamein to the Alps: 454 Squadron, RAAF 1941-1945
By Mark Lax. 2006
I was Hitler's chauffeur: the memoirs of Erich Kempka
By Erich Kempka. 2010
Erich Kempka served as Hitler's personal driver from 1934 until the Fuhrer's suicide in 1945. His candid memoirs provide a…
unique account that reaches a climax in the dark days in the bunker beneath Berlin's shattered streets.Kempka begins by describing his duties as a member of Hitler's staff in the early years, escorting Hitler around Europe, and other top Nazis such as Albert Speer and Field Marshal Kesselring on tours of the front line. The core of his memoir, however, covers the period spent in the Fuhrerbunker, including accompanying Hitler on his final trip to the front line in March 1945 and the chaotic weeks that followed. Kempka's fascinating narrative covers the major events in the regime's downfall, including Goring and Himmler's efforts to seize power and negotiate a truce with the Allies and Hitler's marriage to Eva Braun before they committed suicide. Hitler's last order to Kempka was that he had ready enough petrol to cremate their bodies. The memoirs conclude with Kempka's desperate escape from Berlin more than 800 km through enemy-occupied Germany to his family, only to be arrested by American personnel shortly afterwards. He was interrogated before acting as a witness at Nuremburg.