History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission: Volume 2, 1947/1952. Atomic Shield. (open access)

History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission: Volume 2, 1947/1952. Atomic Shield.

Second volume outlining the history of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC): "[it] begins in January, 1947, when the Commission assumed responsibility for the nation's atomic energy program; it ends with the detonation of the first thermonuclear device and the Presidential election in November, 1952" (p. xiii). Index starts on page 679.
Date: 1972
Creator: Hewlett, Richard G. & Duncan, Francis
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission: Volume 1, 1939/1946. The New World. (open access)

History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission: Volume 1, 1939/1946. The New World.

First volume outlining the history of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), covering 1939-1946 and focusing largely on the development of the first atomic bomb. Index starts on page 725.
Date: 1972
Creator: Hewlett, Richard G. & Anderson, Oscar E., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library