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Now It Can Be Told chronicles the origins and execution of the Manhattan Project, tracing the journey from uranium ore procurement and plutonium synthesis to the establishment of facilities at Los Alamos, Hanford, and Oakβ€―Ridge. The narrative outlines pivotal negotiations with Allies, security protocols, and wartime intelligence operations such as the Alsos missions. It culminates with the strategic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the postwar transition to the Atomic Energy Commission, and subsequent developments in atomic research.
First publish date: 1962
Genre: History/Military History
Authors: Leslie R. Groves
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