General George C. Marshall and the atomic bomb
By: Frank A. Settle Jr. ; foreword by Robert Norris ; afterword by Robert Strong
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, California
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781440842849; 9781440842856
Subjects: United States; Generals; United States. Army; World War, 1939-1945; Atomic bomb; Statesmen; Cabinet officers; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The beginnings; title: The discovery of fission and Einstein's letter; title: Marshall and the geneses of the Manhattan Project; title: Organizing the Manhattan Project; title: Intelligence operations; title: Uncertainty, the bomb, and the Interim Committee; title: Unconditional surrender and a planned invasion; title: Potsdam and Trinity; title: Japan's response to the Potsdam Declaration, Hiroshima and Nagasaki; title: Japan surrenders; title: A new age; title: Marshall as a diplomat: secretary of state; title: The final call to duty: secretary of defense.