Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. List of Tables ix
4. Preface xi
5. Part 1. Unparalleled Power
6. Terminal 1
7. The Race for the Ultimate Weapon 5
8. Uranium Monopoly and the Division of Europe 19
9. The Erzgebirge and the Soviet Uranium Gap 25
10. Notes 30
11. Part 2. The Erzgebirge Region
12. The Silver Mines and Healing Springs 35
13. An Early Atomic Age in the Erzgebirge 43
14. National Tensions in Jáchymov 46
15. Notes 59
16. Part 3. The Politics of Czechoslovak Uranium
17. Part 4. Wismut AG: A State Within a State 159
18. The Consequences of War 159
19. Wismut and War Reparations 166
20. Maltsev and His Team 172
21. Soldiers of the Party 177
22. Migration into the Erzgebirge 183
23. Labor and Its Shortage 186
24. The Soviet Secret Police and Its Assistants 193
25. From Compulsory to Voluntary Employment 199
26. An Overview of the Wismut Workforce, 1946–1953 207
27. Becoming a Model Enterprise 209
28. Uranium Towns 215
29. The Cold War of Words and Spies 228
30. The Miners Between Riot and Adjustment 235
31. Radiation Damage and Accidents 243
32. A Final Remark on the Special Position of Wismut AG 255
33. Concluding Remarks 271
34. Appendix 1 275
35. Appendix 2 279
36. Archives 281
37. Bibliography 283
38. Name Index 299