6.10 Appendix J: Further Reading
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Gosling, F.G.: The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb. U.S. Department of Energy (1999). A brief but very readable and well-illustrated summary.
Available free from the DoE at https://www.energy.gov/management/downloads/gos
ling-manhattan-project-making-atomic-bomb.
Hersey, J.: Hiroshima. Knopf, New York (1985). Originally published in 1946,
this compelling work of firsthand accounts of Hiroshima survivors is a must-read
for students of the MP. The edition cited here includes an additional chapter written
40 years later which brings the survivors’ stories up-to-date.
Hewlett, R.G., Anderson, O.E.: A History of the United States Atomic Energy
Commission, Vol. 1: The New World, 1939/1946. Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA (1962). Detailed history of the Manhattan Project prepared under
the auspices of the Historical Advisory Committee of the U. S. Atomic Energy
Commission. Fully referenced to Manhattan Engineer District documents.
Jones, V.C.: United States Army in World War II. Special Studies. Manhattan: The
Army and the Atomic Bomb. Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, DC (1985). A comprehensive history of Army involvement in the Manhattan
Project, fully referenced to Manhattan Engineer District documents. Unfortunately,
this work no longer appears to be available through the Government Printing Office,
but many libraries have copies.
Laurence, W.L.: Dawn Over Zero: The Story of the Atomic Bomb. Knopf, New
York (1946). Laurence was a New York Times science reporter who was allowed to
visit Los Alamos during the Project, witnessed the Trinity test, and rode aboard the
instrumentation plane The Great Artiste during the Nagasaki bombing mission. This
work was the one of the first serious popular accounts of the Project.
Manhattan Engineer District: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
(1946). This report, dated June 29, 1946, summarizes the results of investigative
teams dispatched to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the weeks following the end of the
war; reprinted copies are available from various online vendors; see also http://www.
atomicarchive.com/Docs/MED. Surveys the nature of the cities before the bombings,
casualty rates, percentages of structures destroyed, and blast, thermal, and radiation
effects on both structures and people.
Reed, B.C.: The History and Science of the Manhattan Project, 2
nd ed. Springer,
Berlin (2019). This book, which can be regarded as a companion volume to the present
work, covers the technical and administrative history of the Project at a semi-popular
level from its beginnings through the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and
offers a brief survey of postwar weapons developments and deployments. This edition
includes a chapter on the wartime German nuclear program. Highly recommended.
Reed, B.C.: Manhattan Project: the Story of the Century. Springer, Berlin (2020).
An excellent popular treatment of the Manhattan Project.
Rhodes, R.: The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Simon and Schuster, New York
(1986). This work is an outstanding overall survey of the context, personalities, and
history of the Manhattan Project. Contains an extensive bibliography. A follow-on
book, Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb (Simon and Schuster, New York,
1995) details the development of the hydrogen bomb and is particularly interesting
243
Gosling, F.G.: The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb. U.S. Department of Energy (1999). A brief but very readable and well-illustrated summary.
Available free from the DoE at https://www.energy.gov/management/downloads/gos
ling-manhattan-project-making-atomic-bomb.
Hersey, J.: Hiroshima. Knopf, New York (1985). Originally published in 1946,
this compelling work of firsthand accounts of Hiroshima survivors is a must-read
for students of the MP. The edition cited here includes an additional chapter written
40 years later which brings the survivors’ stories up-to-date.
Hewlett, R.G., Anderson, O.E.: A History of the United States Atomic Energy
Commission, Vol. 1: The New World, 1939/1946. Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA (1962). Detailed history of the Manhattan Project prepared under
the auspices of the Historical Advisory Committee of the U. S. Atomic Energy
Commission. Fully referenced to Manhattan Engineer District documents.
Jones, V.C.: United States Army in World War II. Special Studies. Manhattan: The
Army and the Atomic Bomb. Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, DC (1985). A comprehensive history of Army involvement in the Manhattan
Project, fully referenced to Manhattan Engineer District documents. Unfortunately,
this work no longer appears to be available through the Government Printing Office,
but many libraries have copies.
Laurence, W.L.: Dawn Over Zero: The Story of the Atomic Bomb. Knopf, New
York (1946). Laurence was a New York Times science reporter who was allowed to
visit Los Alamos during the Project, witnessed the Trinity test, and rode aboard the
instrumentation plane The Great Artiste during the Nagasaki bombing mission. This
work was the one of the first serious popular accounts of the Project.
Manhattan Engineer District: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
(1946). This report, dated June 29, 1946, summarizes the results of investigative
teams dispatched to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the weeks following the end of the
war; reprinted copies are available from various online vendors; see also http://www.
atomicarchive.com/Docs/MED. Surveys the nature of the cities before the bombings,
casualty rates, percentages of structures destroyed, and blast, thermal, and radiation
effects on both structures and people.
Reed, B.C.: The History and Science of the Manhattan Project, 2
nd ed. Springer,
Berlin (2019). This book, which can be regarded as a companion volume to the present
work, covers the technical and administrative history of the Project at a semi-popular
level from its beginnings through the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and
offers a brief survey of postwar weapons developments and deployments. This edition
includes a chapter on the wartime German nuclear program. Highly recommended.
Reed, B.C.: Manhattan Project: the Story of the Century. Springer, Berlin (2020).
An excellent popular treatment of the Manhattan Project.
Rhodes, R.: The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Simon and Schuster, New York
(1986). This work is an outstanding overall survey of the context, personalities, and
history of the Manhattan Project. Contains an extensive bibliography. A follow-on
book, Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb (Simon and Schuster, New York,
1995) details the development of the hydrogen bomb and is particularly interesting