Historical dictionary of atomic espionage
By: Glenmore S. Trenear-Harvey
Series: Historical dictionaries of intelligence and counterintelligence
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780810871809; 9780810873834
Subjects: Nuclear weapons; Military intelligence; Dictionaries; Arms race; Espionage; History
Description: Almost from the moment in 1940 that Otto Frisch and Rudofl Peierls suggested, from their small office in the University of Birmingham, that an atomic weapon could be miniaturized and delivered to its target by aircraft, the concept of atomic espionage can be said to have existed. No sooner had the famous Frisch-Peierls Memorandum been received by the British War Cabinet than a Soviet mole, John Cairncross, passed the details on to his Soviet contact. And 70 years later with the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) estimating that up to 40 countries now have the capability of building nuclear weapons, the need to monitor this activity remains crucial. This book relates the history of atomic espionage through a chronology, an introductory essay, and cross-referenced dictionary entries on the agencies, agents, and operations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.