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Leader LDR cam i 00
Control # 1 2018052015
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20201223151443.0
Fixed Data 8 181029s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng c
LC Card 10    $a 2018052015
ISBN 20    $a9781501739590$q(cloth ;$qalk. paper)
ISBN 20    $z9781501739606$q(pdf)
ISBN 20    $z9781501739613$q(ret)
Obsolete 39    $a325862$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aNIC/DLC$beng$cNIC$erda$dDLC
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
Geog. Area 43    $an-us---$ae-gx---$ae-ur---
LC Call 50 00 $aUB271.U5$bH68 2019
Dewey Class 82 00 $a327.127304709/044$223
ME:Pers Name 100 $aHoughton, Vince,$eauthor.
Title 245 14 $aThe nuclear spies :$bAmerica's atomic intelligence operation against Hitler and Stalin /$cVince Houghton.
Tag 264 264  1 $aIthaca, New York :$bCornell University Press,$c2019.
Phys Descrpt 300    $a239 pages ;$c24 cm
Tag 336 336    $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aIntroduction : the principal uncertainty -- A reasonable fear : American (mis)perception of the German nuclear program -- Making something out of nothing : the creation of American nuclear intelligence -- Alsos : the mission to solve the mystery of the German bomb -- Transitions : from the German threat to the Soviet menace -- Regression : the post-war devolution of American nuclear intelligence -- Whistling in the dark : American (mis)perception of the Soviet nuclear program -- Conclusion : credit where credit is due.
Abstract 520    $a"Explores why the United States government, considering how successfully it conducted the atomic intelligence effort against the Germans in World War II, was unable to create an effective atomic intelligence system to monitor Soviet scientific and nuclear capabilities"--$cProvided by publisher.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aEspionage, American$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aEspionage, American$zSoviet Union$xHistory.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aNuclear weapons information$xHistory$y20th century.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMilitary intelligence.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aCold War$xMilitary intelligence.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aMilitary intelligence$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.