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  Title

  The bastard brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb First edition.

  Author

  Kean, Sam.  

  Publisher:

  Little, Brown and Company,

  Pub date:

  2019.

  Pages:

  xii, 447 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :

  ISBN:

  9780316381680

  Item info:

  1 copy available in Adult nonfiction shelves.
  1 copy total in all locations.

  • 9780316381680
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    Call number	Copies	Material	Location
    355.8 KEA	1	Adult non-fic hardcover	Adult nonfiction shelves

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  The bastard brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb First edition.
  Kean, Sam.
  
  
  

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  The bastard brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb First edition.
  Kean, Sam.
  

  Personal Author:

  Kean, Sam.

  Title:

  The bastard brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb / Sam Kean.

  Edition:

  First edition.

  Physical description:

  xii, 447 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm

  Contents:

  Prologue: Summer of '44 -- Prewar, to 1939 -- 1940-1941 -- 1942 -- 1943 -- 1944 -- 1945.

  Summary:

  The leaders of the Manhattan Project were alarmed to learn that Nazi Germany was far outpacing the Allies in nuclear weapons research. Hitler would soon have the capability to reverse the entire D-Day operation and conquer Europe. Kean tells the story of a rough and motley crew of geniuses-- dubbed the Alsos Mission-- sent into Axis territory to spy on, sabotage, and even assassinate members of Nazi Germany's feared Uranium Club. The Mission included Moe Berg, a major league catcher and multilingual international spy; Joe Kennedy Jr, whose need for adventure lead him to volunteer for the dangerous mission; and Irčne and Frederic Joliot-Curie, a physics Nobel-Prize winning power couple who became active members of the resistance. -- adapted from jacket.

  Corporate subject:

  United States. War Department. Alsos Mission.

  Subject term:

  Atomic bomb--Germany--History--20th century.

  Subject term:

  World War, 1939-1945--Science.

  Subject term:

  Nuclear physics--Research--Germany.

  Subject term:

  Science--Germany--History--20th century.

  Subject term:

  Espionage, American--Germany--History--20th century.

  Subject term:

  Nuclear weapons information--History--20th century.

  Subject term:

  World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence.