Racing for the Bomb
Subtitle: General Leslie R. Groves, the Manhattan Project's Indispensable Man
Publisher: Steerforth
Published: March 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 752
ISBN-13: 9781586420673
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Biography: general; Military life & institutions; Nuclear weapons; World history: Second World War; Military; History; History - General History; USA; General; History / Military / World War II; Military - World War II; United States - 20th Century
First sentence: "Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was born in Albany, New York, on august 17, 1896, a member of the eighth generation of Groveses in America."