INTRODUCTION: THE TERRIBLE INHIBITION OF THE ATOM

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. INTRODUCTION: THE TERRIBLE INHIBITION OF THE ATOM 1
4. PART I. THE BIRTH OF NUCLEAR SECRECY
5. CHAPTER 1: THE ROAD TO SECRECY: CHAIN REACTIONS, 1939–1942 15
6. CHAPTER 2: THE “BEST-KEPT SECRET OF THE WAR”: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, 1942–1945 51
7. CHAPTER 3: PREPARING FOR “PUBLICITY DAY”: A WARTIME SECRET REVEALED, 1944–1945 97
8. PART II. THE COLD WAR NUCLEAR SECRECY REGIME
9. CHAPTER 4: THE STRUGGLE FOR POSTWAR CONTROL, 1944–1947 135
10. CHAPTER 5: “INFORMATION CONTROL” AND THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, 1947–1950 179
11. CHAPTER 6: PEACEFUL ATOMS, DANGEROUS SCIENTISTS: THE PARADOXES OF COLD WAR SECRECY, 1950–1969 233
12. PART III. CHALLENGES TO NUCLEAR SECRECY
13. CHAPTER 7: UNRESTRICTED DATA: NEW CHALLENGES TO THE COLD WAR SECRECY REGIME, 1964–1978 287
14. CHAPTER 8: SECRET SEEKING: ANTI-SECRECY AT THE END OF THE COLD WAR, 1978–1991 335
15. CHAPTER 9: NUCLEAR SECRECY AND OPENNESS AFTER THE COLD WAR 385
16. CONCLUSION: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF NUCLEAR SECRECY 397
17. Acknowledgments 417
18. Notes 423
19. Bibliography 507
20. Index 529