 | American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $5.93 The Hubris and rehabilitation of J. Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb.
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 | The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $5.32 Richard Rhodes' massive two-volume history of the making of the atomic and hydrogen bomb.
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 | Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $2.78 |
 | Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project (Quality Paperbacks Series) by General Leslie R. Groves
Buy new: $17.10 / Used from: $12.24 |
 | The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How To Build an Atomic Bomb by Robert Serber
Buy new: $38.52 / Used from: $25.99 |
 | Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller by Gregg Herken
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $0.99 Excellent! ****
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 | Heisenberg's War: The Secret History Of The German Bomb by Thomas Powers
Buy new: $24.75 / Used from: $5.68 Werner Heisenberg wasn't a member of the Nazi party, but Hitler wanted him to build the bomb. I found the book to be tough going. ****
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 | Hitler's Uranium Club: The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall by Jeremy Bernstein
Buy new: $17.10 / Used from: $12.00 |
 | Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima by Diana Preston
Buy new: $6.00 / Used from: $2.49 Excellent overview of the development of the atom bomb.
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 | J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Life by the late Abraham Pais
Buy new: $24.74 / Used from: $4.71 |
 | J. Robert Oppenheimer: And the American Century by David Cassidy
Buy used from: $2.02 |
 | Edward Teller: The Real Dr. Strangelove by Peter Goodchild
Buy new: $23.36 / Used from: $1.94 |
 | The Manhattan Project: Big Science and the Atom Bomb (Revolutions in Science) by Jeff Hughes
Buy new: $14.52 / Used from: $11.75 |
 | By the Bomb's Early Light by Paul Boyer
Buy new: $24.75 / Used from: $6.89 |
 | Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
Buy used from: $1.74 Isaacson has written excellent bios of Kissinger and Ben Franklin. Haven't read this one yet.
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 | Nazi Science: Myth, Truth, and the German Atomic Bomb by Mark Walker
Buy new: $20.25 / Used from: $5.87 |
 | Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science by David Lindley
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $6.95 |
 | Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire by Richard B. Frank
Buy new: $12.92 / Used from: $5.99 |
 | Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $5.96 |
 | Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians by Jerome R. Corsi
Buy new: $21.56 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce
Buy used from: $4.02 |
 | China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America by James Kynge
Buy new: $3.79 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World by Ted C. Fishman
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | The Chinese Century: The Rising Chinese Economy and Its Impact on the Global Economy, the Balance of Power, and Your Job by Oded Shenkar
Buy new: $23.39 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies by Victor D. Cha
Buy new: $22.37 / Used from: $11.65 North Korea frightens me.
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 | Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy, And the Bomb: Revised Edition by Strobe Talbott
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $10.00 |
 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb by U2
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $0.19 Just making sure you're paying attention..
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 | Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War by Paul Fussell
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $0.92 |
 | War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War by John W. Dower
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $1.53 |
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