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