Conant, Jennet

Recounts the experiences of the scientists, technicians, and families stationed at the site that planned and built the first atomic bomb, also known as the Manhattan Project.

Tells the life story of Alfred Lee Loomis, a Wall Street tycoon who ran a secret research laboratory in his Tuxedo Park, New York, mansion and personally bankrolled the development of radar systems that turned the course of World War II in favor of the Allies.

Presents a comprehensive examination into the secret operations at Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War Two, and describes the role that Robert Oppenheimer and other scientists played on the Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb.

Drawing on wartime letters, diaries, and interviews with major figures, the author explores counterintelligence networks in England during World War II, describing writer, Roald Dahl's role in spreading British propaganda throughout America in order to keep Nazi Germany from invading England.