Churchill's Bomb: A hidden history of Britain's first nuclear weapons Book, NEW

Description: Churchill's Bomb reveals a new aspect of the great Prime Minister's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of Britain's policy on atomic weapons. Churchill was far more interested in science that he appeared. He made brave efforts to understand the exciting and sinister new world opened up by quantum physics in the 1920s and 30s, and wrote repeatedly about the coming of unimaginably dangerous new explosives. Britain then was the world leader in nuclear research. But when the awful possibility of actually building an atomic bomb raised its head, Churchill made crucial errors that ensured Britain's exclusion from the American-led project to build the bomb. In this original and controversial book, award-winning biographer Graham Farmelo shows a new and less flattering side to the great war leader. Books from family run Booksellers. Our hand selected titles are in stock and ready for posting in protective packaging.

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Number of Pages: 592 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Churchill's Bomb: a Hidden History of Britain's First Nuclear Weapons Programme

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Publication Year: 2014

Subject: Government, History

Item Height: 197 mm

Item Weight: 454 g

Type: Textbook

Subject Area: Biographies & True Stories

Author: Graham Farmelo

Item Width: 130 mm

Format: Paperback