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Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office
Pub. Date
1996, c1952
Language
English
Description
Shows the preparation for 8 separate atomic bomb tests that were done in sequence, the tests themselves, and the consequences (e.g. radioactive fallout) of each. The tests were performed in Nevada; the first 4 were designated Tumbler, while the last 4 were designated Snapper.
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Operation Plumbbob, conducted between May 28 and October 7, 1957, represented the biggest, longest, and most controversial test series in the history of the Nevada Test Site (NTS). While most Operation Plumbbob tests contributed to the development of warheads for intercontinental and intermediate range missiles, they also tested air defense and antisubmarine warheads with small yields.
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A "masterful" and "riveting" thriller about a female CIA agent whose extraordinary facial recognition powers lead her into the dangerous heart of the Soviet Union—and the path of a killer who shouldn’t exist (Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author). She never forgets a face. He never forgets his prey. It is 1990 when Melvina Donleavy arrives in Soviet Belarus on her first undercover mission with the CIA, alongside three fellow agents—none...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The gripping biography of a notorious Cold War villain--the German-born British scientist who handed the Soviets top-secret American plans for the plutonium bomb--showing a man torn between conventional loyalties and a sense of obligation to a greater good"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Documents the story of the 1983 war game that intensified nuclear brinkmanship between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union, recounting a series of close calls that tested political leadership over the course of an anxious two-year nuclear stalemate.
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