Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Prologue 3
6. 1. The Canadian Shield 10
7. 2. Northern Lights 39
8. Interlude: The Powers of the Atom 79
9. 3. From Radium to Uranium 92
10. 4. Private into Public 117
11. Interlude: War into Cold War 155
12. 5. The Shadow of War 164
13. 6. Mines and Money 198
14. Interlude: Searching for Security 233
15. 7. Stoking a Boom: The Search for a Just Price 239
16. 8. Beaverlodge and the Boom 277
17. 9. Beaverlodge and the Boom: II 315
18. 10. Getting There Is Half the Fun 351
19. Interlude: Atoms for Peace 377
20. 11. The Politics of Peace 383
21. 12. Too Little, Too Soon 412
22. Notes 437
23. Index 463